Hello KyL416, or anyone else affected, Accepted metacity into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/1:3.20.3-1ubuntu2.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu Yakkety) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1638153 Title: metacity crashed with signal 5 in XGetWindowAttributes() Status in metacity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in metacity source package in Xenial: New Status in metacity source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Bug description: # Impact Metacity crashes sometimes, which can lead to the session being aborted and can cause loss of unsaved work results. # Test Case The quickest way to reproduce is to open up an image in Gimp, select all, copy and then exit. That's when Metacity crashes. It also crashes in other applications, like Netbeans. # Fix The proposed upload for Yakkety is identical to 1:3.20.3-1ubuntu3, which has been in Zesty for some time. The fix comes from upstream gnome-3-20 branch. # Regression Potential The fix has been staged in Zesty, and nobody complained. ============================================================================= This began when I upgraded to 16.10, it always happens when using Gimp under Gnome-flashback. Occasionally it happens with other apps too. The bad part is, if I don't run 'metacity --replace' before launching gimp, it causes the entire session to quit and go back to the login screen. (I know why it does that, but there should be some better error handling there so people don't lose their work or any other in progress things, at least with just metactity crashed there's a way of restarting metacity and keeping the current session, as well as the ability to save work in other applications before restarting) Ubuntu 16.10 Metacity 1:3.20.3-1ubuntu2 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: metacity 1:3.20.3-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-26.28-generic 4.8.0 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity Date: Mon Oct 31 21:57:27 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/metacity ExecutableTimestamp: 1475585823 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-12-09 (2154 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcCmdline: metacity --replace ProcCwd: /home/kyle Signal: 5 SourcePackage: metacity StacktraceTop: XGetWindowAttributes (dpy=0x556f34ceed40, w=<optimized out>, attr=attr@entry=0x7ffca3678490) at ../../src/GetWAttrs.c:149 meta_group_new (display=0x556f34f66c00, group_leader=<optimized out>) at core/group.c:48 meta_window_compute_group (window=window@entry=0x556f351a8eb0) at core/group.c:159 meta_window_group_leader_changed (window=window@entry=0x556f351a8eb0) at core/group.c:194 reload_wm_hints (window=0x556f351a8eb0, value=<optimized out>, initial=<optimized out>) at core/window-props.c:1565 Title: metacity crashed with signal 5 in XGetWindowAttributes() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip disk fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner sudo tape vboxusers video wireshark To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/1638153/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
