Confirmed that the workaround does NOT work, latest libxcb: [EMAIL PROTECTED] apt-cache policy libxcb1 /home/frank libxcb1: Installed: 1.0-1.1ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.0-1.1ubuntu1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] zcat /usr/share/doc/libxcb1/changelog.Debian.gz | head /home/frank libxcb (1.0-1.1ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low [ Timo Aaltonen ] * debian/patches: - 100_allow_sloppy_lock.diff from Novell, workaround to the various 'Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed"' -bugs by setting an environment variable LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK to any value and the check will simply be ignored. Still crashes java applets in Firefox -- azureus-> java: xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed. https://launchpad.net/bugs/86103 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs