dunst crashes periodically

[deceptikon]

I run dunst on manjaro, installed it from community packages.
Last few weeks I observe periodical crashes, as I guess, caused by Slack notifications.
Error is as following:

~>>> dunst
WARNING: No icon found in path: 'flameshot'
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow)
Value in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 431233
Current serial number in output stream: 431233

~ >>> dunst -v
Dunst - A customizable and lightweight notification-daemon 1.4.0 (2019-03-30)

Warning about flameshot is unrelated to crash, it occured some time before it crashed.

Will append dbus-monitor log later, when the error occurs again.

[tsipinakis]

Hi,

Can't really say why it happened from the error posted.

As you said the dbus-monitor log when it happens would be great and additionally if you can, it would also be useful to get a backtrace from the crash.
For that, ensure that you have the debug symbols installed and run dunst as gdb -ex run dunst -ex bt.

[deceptikon]

Hi Nikos,

Attaching obtained logs:

~ >>> gdb -ex run dunst -ex bt
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Reading symbols from dunst...
(No debugging symbols found in dunst)
Starting program: /usr/bin/dunst
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7ffff687c700 (LWP 20241)]
[New Thread 0x7ffff607b700 (LWP 20242)]
[New Thread 0x7ffff5595700 (LWP 20243)]
[New Thread 0x7ffff4d94700 (LWP 20414)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe7fff700 (LWP 20415)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe77fe700 (LWP 20416)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe6ffd700 (LWP 20417)]
[Thread 0x7fffe6ffd700 (LWP 20417) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe77fe700 (LWP 20416) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe7fff700 (LWP 20415) exited]
[Thread 0x7ffff4d94700 (LWP 20414) exited]
[Thread 0x7ffff607b700 (LWP 20242) exited]
[New Thread 0x7ffff607b700 (LWP 20814)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe77fe700 (LWP 20815)]
[Thread 0x7fffe77fe700 (LWP 20815) exited]
[Thread 0x7ffff607b700 (LWP 20814) exited]
[New Thread 0x7ffff607b700 (LWP 21615)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe77fe700 (LWP 21616)]
[Thread 0x7fffe77fe700 (LWP 21616) exited]
[Thread 0x7ffff607b700 (LWP 21615) exited]
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow)
Value in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 860
Current serial number in output stream: 860
[Thread 0x7ffff687c700 (LWP 20241) exited]
[Thread 0x7ffff687dd80 (LWP 20237) exited]
[Inferior 1 (process 20237) exited with code 01]
No stack.

~ >>> cat dbus-monitor.log
signal time=1558933602.634153 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.189 serial=2 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
string ":1.189"
signal time=1558933602.634229 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.189 serial=4 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameLost
string ":1.189"
method call time=1558933624.049123 sender=:1.196 -> destination=:1.190 serial=6 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=GetServerInformation
method call time=1558933624.049644 sender=:1.196 -> destination=:1.190 serial=7 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=GetServerInformation
method call time=1558933624.050965 sender=:1.196 -> destination=:1.190 serial=8 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=GetCapabilities
method call time=1558933737.376927 sender=:1.198 -> destination=:1.190 serial=6 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=GetServerInformation
method call time=1558933737.379590 sender=:1.198 -> destination=:1.190 serial=7 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=Notify
string "notify-send"
uint32 0
string ""
string "test"
string ""
array [
]
array [
dict entry(
string "urgency"
variant byte 2
)
]
int32 -1
signal time=1558933741.374485 sender=:1.190 -> destination=:1.198 serial=8 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=NotificationClosed
uint32 2
uint32 2
method call time=1558934014.629676 sender=:1.199 -> destination=:1.190 serial=6 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=GetServerInformation
method call time=1558934014.631900 sender=:1.199 -> destination=:1.190 serial=7 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=Notify
string "notify-send"
uint32 0
string ""
string "test"
string ""
array [
]
array [
dict entry(
string "urgency"
variant byte 2
)
]
int32 -1
signal time=1558934018.546214 sender=:1.190 -> destination=:1.199 serial=11 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=NotificationClosed
uint32 3
uint32 2

[deceptikon]

Please let me know if I can assist in any other way

[tsipinakis]

Unfortunately that log didn't give me anything. However, looking at the code it seems like the only place that can produce a BadValue error is the window positioning logic.

Can you build tsipinakis@232b550 with make debug (make sure to make clean first to re-build all the objects) and post the output after the crash?

Also, is this something you can reliably reproduce or does it happen sporadically?

[DragonGhost7]

I get the same error, but it happens each time i use pywal for some reason

[tsipinakis]

@DragonGhost7 Can you try also try to get the debug print as I mentioned in the previous comment?
I'd also appreciate if you could run a bisect to figure out where it's coming from. I can't reproduce this myself to investigate further unfortunately.

[DragonGhost7]

Hello @tsipinakis , here are my debug log and and dbus-monitor output.

dbus-monitor.log
debug.log

I'm still not sure how to bisect it but I will be figuring out how to do it now.

[tsipinakis]

Unfortunately that log doesn't say much. What I meant was compiling from tsipinakis@232b550 that adds some extra output in order to get information relevant to this.

In a nutshell:

git clone https://github.com/tsipinakis/dunst
cd dunst
git checkout debug-log
make debug
./dunst

And post the output when the crash happens, it should hopefully provide enough information to track this down.

Additionally doing a bisect would be amazing, you can use a comment I left in a previous issue as a guide on how to do that.

[DragonGhost7]

Hello @tsipinakis , your comment was rather helpfull.
Here is the bad commit.

bisect.log

[tsipinakis]

Excuse the inactivity on this, real life caught up with me.

@DragonGhost7 Since you can reproduce this reliably as you said can you try to get a minimal pywal config that causes this so that I can reproduce this on my side as well?

[DragonGhost7]

Hello, while this time i realizes that the problem is in fact caused by xrdb.

[tsipinakis]

I figured as much given that the commit the bisect pointed at is supposed to respond to xrdb calls. Could you be specific with what xrdb command you are running?

Additionally: What's the output of xrdbxprop -root -spy while running that command?

[DragonGhost7]

I use xrdb .Xdefaults and the output of xprop -root -spy is

GDK_VISUALS(INTEGER) = 256, 323
RESOURCE_MANAGER(STRING) = "*.color0:\t#1d2021\n*.color1:\t#cc241d\n*.color2:\t#98971a\n*.color3:\t#d79921\n*.color4:\t#458588\n*.color5:\t#b16286\n*.color6:\t#689d6a\n*.color7:\t#a89984\n*.color8:\t#928374\n*.color9:\t#fb4934\n*.color10:\t#b8bb26\n*.color11:\t#fabd2f\n*.color12:\t#83a598\n*.color13:\t#d3869b\n*.color14:\t#8ec07c\n*.color15:\t#ebdbb2\n"
ESETROOT_PMAP_ID(PIXMAP): pixmap id # 0x1400001
_XROOTPMAP_ID(PIXMAP): pixmap id # 0x1400001
_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0xe00006
XFree86_DDC_EDID1_RAWDATA(INTEGER) = 0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, 48, -28, 109, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 1, 4, -107, 31, 17, 120, -22, -36, -107, -93, 88, 85, -96, 38, 13, 80, 84, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 46, 54, -128, -96, 112, 56, 31, 64, 48, 32, 53, 0, 53, -82, 16, 0, 0, 26, 82, 43, -128, -96, 112, 56, 31, 64, 48, 32, 53, 0, 53, -82, 16, 0, 0, 26, 0, 0, 0, -2, 0, 82, 78, 57, 49, 78, -126, 49, 52, 48, 87, 70, 51, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 65, 49, -98, 0, 16, 0, 0, 10, 1, 10, 32, 32, 0, -26
_NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
_NET_DESKTOP_NAMES(UTF8_STRING) = "1", "2", "4: "
_NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS(CARDINAL) = 3
_NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 0
I3_CONFIG_PATH(UTF8_STRING) = "/home/darkghost/.i3/config"
I3_PID(CARDINAL) = 602
I3_SOCKET_PATH(UTF8_STRING) = "/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.602"
_NET_CLIENT_LIST(WINDOW): window id # 0xe00006, 0x1200003, 0x2a00006, 0x2e00006
_NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING(WINDOW): window id # 0x2a00006, 0x1200003, 0xe00006, 0x2e00006
_NET_SUPPORTED(ATOM) = _NET_SUPPORTED, _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK, _NET_WM_NAME, _NET_WM_VISIBLE_NAME, _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE, _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY, _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN, _NET_WM_STATE_DEMANDS_ATTENTION, _NET_WM_STATE_MODAL, _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN, _NET_WM_STATE_FOCUSED, _NET_WM_STATE, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_MENU, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DROPDOWN_MENU, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_POPUP_MENU, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLTIP, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NOTIFICATION, _NET_WM_DESKTOP, _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL, _NET_CLIENT_LIST, _NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING, _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP, _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS, _NET_DESKTOP_NAMES, _NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT, _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW, _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW, _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "i3"
_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK(WINDOW): window id # 0x600063
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105,", "us,ca", "fr-legacy", "grp:rctrl_rshift_toggle"
XFree86_has_VT(INTEGER) = 1
XFree86_VT(INTEGER) = 1