I'm going to close this bug. I agree there is an expected limitation there as Ortwin pointed out. Strace is powerful but also very invasive (well, the first thing that is invasive is ptrace).
** Changed in: strace (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373121 Title: strace locks up Xorg? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strace/+bug/373121/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp