#8022 BLOC 8.2.0 (: X crashes when Browse views http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification

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#8022: X crashes when Browse views
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification
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   Reporter:  tomeu            |       Owner:  dsd                 
       Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  blocker          |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  x window system  |     Version:  not specified       
 Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  blocks:8.2.0        
Next_action:  review           |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:                   |    Blocking:                      
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Changes (by dsd):

  * next_action:  diagnose => review


Comment:

 avoiding the DestroyPixmap call when there is a NULL pixmap avoids the
 issue.

 Browse still crashes on the Hardware page, but at least it does not kill
 X, and this is not a regression over 8.1 (browse crashes there too)

 Sent an xserver patch upstream:
 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-September/038155.html

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8022#comment:13>
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