Updated the description. Crashes are not linked to Liferea after all, but to Wine and Transmission.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-panel - Sometimes, when some window is unminimized, gnome-panel crashes and is - then restarted immediately. It still noticeable because some icons in - the notification area are lost ... + Regularly, gnome-panel crashes and is then restarted immediately. It + still noticeable because some icons in the notification area are lost + ... Here are some interesting logs in the .xsession-errors : The program 'gnome-panel' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter)'. - (Details: serial 30701 error_code 4 request_code 54 minor_code 0) - (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; - that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. - To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line - option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful - backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) + (Details: serial 30701 error_code 4 request_code 54 minor_code 0) + (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; + that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. + To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line + option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful + backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) - I couldn't find the exact root cause for now, but since I have stopped - using liferea, I didn't experience any new crash, so this is a good - candidate ... well anyway gnome-panel shouldn't crash whatever runs on - top of it. + + There are so far two different things causing this crash : + + * Wine applications having a notification area icon + The regular crash is caused by Lotus Notes running in Wine showing up a notification area icon upon receiving a new mail. Since I disabled this notification, no more crashes. + + * Quitting Transmission through it's notification area icon, as + described by the referenced debian bug. + + So this BadPixmap error is definitely linked to the notification area, + probably by client applications corrupting their notification area icon. + + However, there should be enough sanity checks in gnome-panel (or the + notification area icon) so that it doesn't crash. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-panel Regularly, gnome-panel crashes and is then restarted immediately. It still noticeable because some icons in the notification area are lost ... Here are some interesting logs in the .xsession-errors : The program 'gnome-panel' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter)'. (Details: serial 30701 error_code 4 request_code 54 minor_code 0) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) - There are so far two different things causing this crash : * Wine applications having a notification area icon The regular crash is caused by Lotus Notes running in Wine showing up a notification area icon upon receiving a new mail. Since I disabled this notification, no more crashes. * Quitting Transmission through it's notification area icon, as described by the referenced debian bug. So this BadPixmap error is definitely linked to the notification area, probably by client applications corrupting their notification area icon. However, there should be enough sanity checks in gnome-panel (or the - notification area icon) so that it doesn't crash. + notification area applet) so that it doesn't crash. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #599928 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599928 -- gnome-panel crashes with a BadPixmap X error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463168 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
