#8234 BLOC 8.2.0 (: Software update (in Control Panel) crashes X-server.

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#8234: Software update (in Control Panel) crashes X-server.
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   Reporter:  sj               |       Owner:  cscott                           
       Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                              
   Priority:  blocker          |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)             
  Component:  upgrade utility  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
 Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  blocks:8.2.0                     
Next_action:  diagnose         |    Verified:  0                                
  Blockedby:                   |    Blocking:                                   
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Changes (by cjb):

 * cc: marco (added)


Comment:

 Here's a trace with debuginfo:

 {{{
 (gdb) bt
 #0  SmartScheduleTimer (sig=14) at utils.c:1551
 #1  <signal handler called>
 #2  0xb7f58424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
 #3  0xb7bed0bc in writev () from /lib/libc.so.6
 #4  0x0813275e in _XSERVTransSocketWritev (ciptr=0x96fd720,
 buf=0xbfd76994,
     size=1) at /usr/include/X11/Xtrans/Xtranssock.c:2297
 #5  0x081317af in _XSERVTransWritev (ciptr=0x96fd720, buf=0xbfd76994,
 size=1)
     at /usr/include/X11/Xtrans/Xtrans.c:922
 #6  0x0812c722 in FlushClient (who=0x9705720, oc=0x9705d68, extraBuf=0x0,
     extraCount=0) at io.c:930
 #7  0x0812d09f in FlushAllOutput () at io.c:682
 #8  0x08085c15 in Dispatch () at dispatch.c:473
 #9  0x0806b60d in main (argc=7, argv=0xbfd76b44, envp=0x8089e71) at
 main.c:441
 (gdb)
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8234#comment:14>
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