Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#10772 closed defect (fixed)
xorg-xerver-1.20.0 segfaults with xfce
| Reported by: | Bruce Dubbs | Owned by: | Bruce Dubbs |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 8.3 |
| Component: | BOOK | Version: | SVN |
| Severity: | major | Keywords: | |
| Cc: |
Description
We now have xorg-xerver-1.20.0 in the book, but with the nouveau driver, it segfaults when starting xfce. I do not know about other drivers yet.
Downgrading to xorg-server-1.19.6 allows xfce to start normally, but it requires rebuilding nouveau due to an embedded version issue.
xorg-xerver-1.20.0 works fine with twm, lxde, openbox, sawfish, icewm, and fluxbox. Still to be tested are kde/plasma and lxqt.
Change History (6)
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
comment:2 by , 8 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:4 by , 8 years ago
Is that still valid for xorg-server-1.20.1 ?
Workaround may be good for nouveau users but limits all others in functionality of Xfce.
comment:5 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | fixed |
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| Status: | closed → reopened |
I'll take a look at this when I build xfce in the next day or two. Will reopen so it is not forgotten.
Do you have results with an intel or amd driver?
comment:6 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | reopened → closed |
I'm glad you brought this up. With xfwm4-4.12.5, xfce works fine without --disable-compositor.
Removed/fixed at revision 20388.

lxqt works fine with xorg-xerver-1.20.0.
Found this: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=5853922#post5853922
Rebuilding xfwm4 with --disable-compositor allows the system to start for me.