I can confirm that the bug *does NOT* occur in another machine with ATI card which uses the open-source radeon modules. In that machine, xfig works ok (no crashes and the solid color fill are ok). So it seems a intel-driver bug.
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184085 Title: Xorg server crashes when drawing dashed circles To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1184085/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs