*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 750167 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/750167
I have the same problem. I start xbindkeys on system start. It works for some clicks and then quits. I'm using it on Kubuntu 11.04 to bind back/forward keys of my Trust mouse. If I start xbindkeys -v I get this: displayName = :0 rc file = /home/ale152/.xbindkeysrc rc guile file = /home/ale152/.xbindkeysrc.scm getting rc guile file /home/ale152/.xbindkeysrc.scm. WARNING : /home/ale152/.xbindkeysrc.scm not found or reading not allowed. 2 keys in /home/ale152/.xbindkeysrc min_keycode=8 max_keycode=255 (ie: know keycodes) "xte 'keydown Alt_L' 'key Left' 'keyup Alt_L'" m:0x0 + b:8 (mouse) "xte 'keydown Alt_L' 'key Right' 'keyup Alt_L'" m:0x0 + b:9 (mouse) starting loop... Button press ! e.xbutton.button=8 e.xbutton.state=16 "xte 'keydown Alt_L' 'key Left' 'keyup Alt_L'" m:0x0 + b:8 (mouse) got screen 0 for window b5 Start program with fork+exec call Button release ! e.xbutton.button=8 e.xbutton.state=16 Button press ! e.xbutton.button=8 e.xbutton.state=16 "xte 'keydown Alt_L' 'key Left' 'keyup Alt_L'" m:0x0 + b:8 (mouse) got screen 0 for window b5 Start program with fork+exec call Button release ! e.xbutton.button=8 e.xbutton.state=16 Button press ! e.xbutton.button=9 e.xbutton.state=16 "xte 'keydown Alt_L' 'key Right' 'keyup Alt_L'" m:0x0 + b:9 (mouse) *** glibc detected *** xbindkeys: invalid fastbin entry (free): 0x08ef22f8 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6b961)[0xb7591961] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6d28b)[0xb759328b] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6d)[0xb759641d] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1(+0x9b53)[0xb7516b53] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1(+0x81d0)[0xb75151d0] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1(xcb_wait_for_reply+0x12f)[0xb751594f] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0x100)[0xb77dfb00] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6(_XGetWindowAttributes+0xc8)[0xb77c5608] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6(XGetWindowAttributes+0x42)[0xb77c5782] xbindkeys[0x8049804] xbindkeys[0x8049cd1] /usr/lib/libguile.so.12(scm_boot_guile+0x6b)[0xb7748ddb] xbindkeys[0x804967d] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe7)[0xb753ce37] xbindkeys[0x8049571] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-08052000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 82624 /usr/bin/xbindkeys 08052000-08053000 r--p 00009000 08:05 82624 /usr/bin/xbindkeys 08053000-08054000 rw-p 0000a000 08:05 82624 /usr/bin/xbindkeys 08edd000-08f4f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] b7300000-b7321000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b7321000-b7400000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 b7478000-b7492000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 654942 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 b7492000-b7493000 r--p 00019000 08:05 654942 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 b7493000-b7494000 rw-p 0001a000 08:05 654942 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 b74aa000-b74f9000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b74f9000-b74fd000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 714400 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 b74fd000-b74fe000 r--p 00003000 08:05 714400 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 b74fe000-b74ff000 rw-p 00004000 08:05 714400 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 b74ff000-b7500000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b7500000-b7502000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 714392 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 b7502000-b7503000 r--p 00001000 08:05 714392 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 b7503000-b7504000 rw-p 00002000 08:05 714392 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 b7504000-b750b000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 713623 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7.2.1 b750b000-b750c000 r--p 00006000 08:05 713623 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7.2.1 b750c000-b750d000 rw-p 00007000 08:05 713623 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7.2.1 b750d000-b7524000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 714495 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0 b7524000-b7525000 r--p 00016000 08:05 714495 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0 b7525000-b7526000 rw-p 00017000 08:05 714495 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0 b7526000-b7680000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 654914 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so b7680000-b7681000 ---p 0015a000 08:05 654914 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so b7681000-b7683000 r--p 0015a000 08:05 654914 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so b7683000-b7684000 rw-p 0015c000 08:05 654914 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so b7684000-b7687000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b7687000-b7689000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 654924 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl-2.13.so b7689000-b768a000 r--p 00001000 08:05 654924 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl-2.13.so b768a000-b768b000 rw-p 00002000 08:05 654924 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl-2.13.so b768b000-b768c000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b768c000-b76b0000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 654951 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm-2.13.so b76b0000-b76b1000 r--p 00023000 08:05 654951 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm-2.13.so b76b1000-b76b2000 rw-p 00024000 08:05 654951 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm-2.13.so b76b2000-b76ba000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 654920 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.13.so b76ba000-b76bb000 r--p 00007000 08:05 654920 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.13.so b76bb000-b76bc000 rw-p 00008000 08:05 654920 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.13.so b76bc000-b76e3000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b76e3000-b76f8000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 654979 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.13.so b76f8000-b76f9000 r--p 00015000 08:05 654979 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.13.so b76f9000-b76fa000 rw-p 00016000 08:05 654979 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.13.so b76fa000-b76fc000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b76fc000-b76fd000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 110027 /usr/lib/libqthreads.so.12.3.1 b76fd000-b76fe000 r--p 00000000 08:05 110027 /usr/lib/libqthreads.so.12.3.1 b76fe000-b76ff000 rw-p 00001000 08:05 110027 /usr/lib/libqthreads.so.12.3.1 b76ff000-b7700000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 107061 /usr/lib/libguile-ltdl.so.1.0.1 b7700000-b7701000 r--p 00000000 08:05 107061 /usr/lib/libguile-ltdl.so.1.0.1 b7701000-b7702000 rw-p 00001000 08:05 107061 /usr/lib/libguile-ltdl.so.1.0.1 b7702000-b7703000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b7703000-b779f000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 110031 /usr/lib/libguile.so.12.3.1 b779f000-b77a1000 r--p 0009c000 08:05 110031 /usr/lib/libguile.so.12.3.1 b77a1000-b77a2000 rw-p 0009e000 08:05 110031 /usr/lib/libguile.so.12.3.1 b77a2000-b77a8000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b77a8000-b78be000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 714390 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 b78be000-b78bf000 ---p 00116000 08:05 714390 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 b78bf000-b78c0000 r--p 00116000 08:05 714390 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 b78c0000-b78c2000 rw-p 00117000 08:05 714390 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 b78c2000-b78c3000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b78d8000-b78db000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 b78db000-b78dc000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] b78dc000-b78f8000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 654901 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.13.so b78f8000-b78f9000 r--p 0001b000 08:05 654901 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.13.so b78f9000-b78fa000 rw-p 0001c000 08:05 654901 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.13.so bfdef000-bfe0f000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0 [stack] bfe0f000-bfe10000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763260 Title: xbindkeys assert failure: *** glibc detected *** xbindkeys: invalid fastbin entry (free): 0x08d4eb80 *** To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xbindkeys/+bug/763260/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs