Xpra crashes with Bus Error 10 On MAC OS X

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Issue migrated from trac ticket # 695

component: client | priority: major | resolution: needinfo | keywords: bus error

2014-09-27 06:56:53: mfawzymkh created the issue

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I frequently get this crashing error

Client (Xpra 0.14) MAC OSX 
Server (Xpra 0.14) CentOS 6.3

Applications/Xpra.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python/xpra/gtk_common/gtk2common.py:15: Warning: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
/Applications/Xpra.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python/gtk/gtkgl/widget.py:35: GtkWarning: gtk_widget_set_colormap: assertion 'GDK_IS_COLORMAP (colormap)' failed
/Applications/Xpra.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python/xpra/client/gtk_base/gtk_client_window_base.py:152: GtkWarning: gdk_colormap_get_visual: assertion 'GDK_IS_COLORMAP (colormap)' failed
Bus error: 10
Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs
    func(*targs, **kargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 1516, in shutdown
    h.flush()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 762, in flush
    self.stream.flush()
ValueError: I/O operation on closed file
Error in sys.exitfunc:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs
    func(*targs, **kargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 1516, in shutdown
    h.flush()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 762, in flush
    self.stream.flush()
ValueError: I/O operation on closed file

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2014-09-27 07:55:46: totaam changed owner from antoine to mfawzymkh

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2014-09-27 07:55:46: totaam edited the issue description

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2014-09-27 07:55:46: totaam commented

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Do you have an intel video chipset? This looks like a duplicate of #563.
If so, running without opengl should prevent the crash.

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2014-09-27 18:51:33: mfawzymkh commented

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I have NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB Graphics card.

Is this related?

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2014-09-27 19:01:28: totaam commented

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Oh, I was hoping that the bug was limited to intel chipsets...
Can you post the output of the ./Xpra.app/Contents/Helpers/OpenGL_check script please?

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2014-09-27 19:16:01: mfawzymkh commented

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I have also upgraded to 0.15 beta build and still see the crash.. I have very similar symptoms like #563 (Application I am running is eclipse) very heavy on tooltips and menus.

I am currently running with opengl=no to see if I can repro the crash

Thanks for this great product and working on it. This is truly a great effort! I hope you find the time to fix this issue.

Thanks,

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2014-09-27 23:02:36: mfawzymkh commented

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** (OpenGL-Check:24109): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GSocketMsgFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
2014-09-27 15:00:43,409 OpenGL_accelerate module loaded
2014-09-27 15:00:43,409 Using accelerated ArrayDatatype
2014-09-27 15:00:43,422
2014-09-27 15:00:43,422
2014-09-27 15:00:43,422 OpenGL properties:
2014-09-27 15:00:43,422 * GLU extensions           :
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * GLU version              : 1.3 MacOSX
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * display_mode             : SINGLE
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * gdkgl_version            : 1.0
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * gdkglext_version         : 1.2.0
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * has_alpha                : True
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * opengl                   : 2.1
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * pygdkglext_version       : 1.0.0
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * pyopengl                 : 3.1.0
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * renderer                 : NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M OpenGL Engine
2014-09-27 15:00:43,423 * rgba                     : True

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2014-09-28 18:23:14: mfawzymkh commented

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Just an update. I have been running with opengel=no and no crashes so far. However, seeing this error now (hopefully will help track down the root cause of this issue )

2014-09-28 10:19:24,517 error processing draw packet
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/MacAdmin/gtk/inst/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/client/ui_client_base.py", line 1791, in _draw_thread_loop
  File "/Users/MacAdmin/gtk/inst/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/client/ui_client_base.py", line 1838, in _do_draw
  File "/Users/MacAdmin/gtk/inst/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/client/client_window_base.py", line 262, in draw_region
AssertionError: window 438 has no backing!

Thanks a lot for looking into this

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2014-09-29 09:21:30: totaam commented

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Thanks for the no backing! stacktrace, I am amazed that we've never seen it before. Should be fixed in r7827, will backport to v0.14.x

As for the other, much more serious Bus error: 10 crash... I still have no idea what is causing it.
Please do let us know if disabling opengl fixes this, as I suspect it might be related to opengl acceleration. I have also uploaded an updated (and hopefully improved) macosx beta build.

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2014-09-30 14:03:58: mfawzymkh commented

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OpenGL=no seems to be very stable
Not very fast though :(

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2014-10-09 10:10:49: mfawzymkh commented

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any update regarding this issue? have you been able to reproduce it with tooltip heavy apps?

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2014-10-09 10:14:21: totaam commented

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@mfawzymkh: none whatsoever, there is a bug, but it is probably in the gtkglext library, which isn't maintainted and is excruciatingly hard to build (see #533).

The only way forward that I can see is to move to GTK3 and hope that the bug has not been ported there (#640) or use native window code with opengl glue.
Neither solution is very likely for the short term I am afraid.

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2014-10-10 12:20:36: mfawzymkh commented

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Great! thanks for the explanation.
Is moving to GTK3 part of v1.0 release by any chance?
thanks again for working on such a great project!

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2014-10-27 17:40:59: totaam commented

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Backport of r7827 for v0.14.x was in 7836.

Tooltips tend to have transparency and we've had issues surrounding that area recently.
Can you try 0.14.10, and maybe also try to run the server with:

XPRA_ALPHA=0 xpra start ...

I don't have a mac with opengl to test with, so this ticket is going to keep moving slowly I am afraid.

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2014-12-09 03:40:02: totaam commented

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Is the problem still present?
Can you use the bug report tool to provide more info?
Do you have an Intel 4000 chipset by any chance? (see #563 / #745)

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2014-12-26 03:24:57: antoine changed status from new to closed

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2014-12-26 03:24:57: antoine changed resolution from ** to needinfo

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2014-12-26 03:24:57: antoine commented

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Not heard back, closing.

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2015-05-10 13:00:27: antoine commented

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See #818#comment:10 - let's see how re-enabling opengl works out. (for 0.16)