Bug#402683: gnome-screensaver: segfaults from 'slideshow'

[Chad Wallace]

Package: gnome-screensaver
Version: 2.14.3-3
Followup-For: Bug #402683

I am having the same problem with the cosmos screensaver being blank on
amd64.  I've noticed the following in dmesg:

slideshow[1162]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 00002afde786197e rsp
00007fffc39d5aa0 error 4
slideshow[1418]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 00002b89d5ec197e rsp
00007fffd5375440 error 4
slideshow[1671]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 00002ba30b7d597e rsp
00007fff9fa61b30 error 4
slideshow[1922]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 00002adf58b0e97e rsp
00007fff52726800 error 4
slideshow[14380]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 00002b4934f3397e rsp
00007fff763013d0 error 4

Running slideshow from the command line (with the command posted earlier
on this bug) works just fine, even when maximized.  However, I don't
know how to get slideshow to run full-screen.

I just tried creating a wrapper script using gdb to replace the
slideshow program in /usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver, but
it's not working...  I guess the slideshow binary is not expected to be
a shell script.

Is there any way I can make those messages in dmesg any more useful?

Thanks!


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-screensaver depends on:
ii  dbus                      1.0.2-1        simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii  gconf2                    2.16.0-3       GNOME configuration
database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.17-1       Library of functions for 2D
graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.12.4-1       The ATK accessibility
toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-6        Open-source version of
SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3          0.6.15-2       Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3          0.6.15-2       Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1            0.6.15-2       Avahi glib integration
library
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.14.0-3       Bonobo CORBA interfaces
library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.14.0-5       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-8    GNU C Library: Shared
libraries
ii  libcairo2                 1.2.4-4        The Cairo 2D vector
graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.0.2-1        simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.71-3         simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii  libesd0                   0.2.36-3       Enlightened Sound Daemon -
Shared
ii  libexif12                 0.6.13-5       library to parse EXIF files
ii  libfontconfig1            2.4.2-1        generic font configuration
library
ii  libfreetype6              2.2.1-5        FreeType 2 font engine,
shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4               2.16.0-3       GNOME configuration
database syste
ii  libgcrypt11               1.2.3-2        LGPL Crypto library -
runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.6.0-4      library to load .glade
files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.12.4-2       The GLib library of C
routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.6.0-3        GNOME keyring services
library
ii  libgnome-menu2            2.16.1-2       an implementation of the
freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.16.0-2       The GNOME 2 library -
runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.14.0-2       A powerful object-oriented
display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.14.1-2+b1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User
Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.14.2-4       GNOME virtual file-system
(runtime
ii  libgnutls13               1.4.4-3        the GNU TLS library -
runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0             1.4-1          library for common error
values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.20-3       The GTK+ graphical user
interface
ii  libice6                   1:1.0.1-2      X11 Inter-Client Exchange
library
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-13          The Independent JPEG
Group's JPEG
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.14.3-0.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a
CORBA ORB
ii  libpam0g                  0.79-4         Pluggable Authentication
Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.14.8-4       Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                  1.10-3         lib for parsing cmdline
parameters
ii  libsm6                    1:1.0.1-3      X11 Session Management
library
ii  libtasn1-3                0.3.6-2        Manage ASN.1 structures
(runtime)
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.0.3-4      X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                   1:1.0.1-2      X11 authorisation library
ii  libxcursor1               1.1.7-4        X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                  1:1.0.1-2      X11 miscellaneous extension
librar
ii  libxfixes3                1:4.0.1-5      X11 miscellaneous 'fixes'
extensio
ii  libxi6                    1:1.0.1-4      X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1              1:1.0.1-4.1    X11 Xinerama extension
library
ii  libxml2                   2.6.27.dfsg-1  GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                2:1.1.0.2-5    X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.1-3      X Rendering Extension
client libra
ii  libxss1                   1:1.1.0-1      X11 Screen Saver extension
library
ii  libxxf86misc1             1:1.0.1-2      X11 XFree86 miscellaneous
extensio
ii  libxxf86vm1               1:1.0.1-2      X11 XFree86 video mode
extension l
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-13     compression library -
runtime

Versions of packages gnome-screensaver recommends:
ii  gnome-power-manager          2.14.3-3+b1 frontend for
gnome-powermanager

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