Well, the [mi] EQ overflowing no longer occurs, but X now crashes with 'gitk' in a different location after updating X and nouveau:
[ 1253.795] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz) [ 1261.041] Backtrace: [ 1261.041] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x45d056] [ 1261.041] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x5ae8a) [0x45ae8a] [ 1261.041] 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fc3b2bdd000+0xfc60) [0x7fc3b2becc60] [ 1261.041] 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7fc3b1b08000+0x79bad) [0x7fc3b1b81bad] [ 1261.041] 4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7fc3b1b08000+0x7b112) [0x7fc3b1b83112] [ 1261.041] 5: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (realloc+0xf9) [0x7fc3b1b84b19] [ 1261.041] 6: /usr/bin/X (ReadRequestFromClient+0x631) [0x4614d1] [ 1261.041] 7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x41011) [0x441011] [ 1261.041] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21a7e) [0x421a7e] [ 1261.041] 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xff) [0x7fc3b1b26eff] [ 1261.041] 10: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21629) [0x421629] [ 1261.041] Segmentation fault at address (nil) [ 1261.041] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting [ 1261.041] Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 1261.041] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 1261.041] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573334 Title: EQ overflowing and backtrace from xorg -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs