From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932383Ab1J1LVK (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:21:10 -0400 Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:50384 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932325Ab1J1LVH (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:21:07 -0400 From: "Justin Piszcz" To: , Cc: , Subject: RE: 3.x/libc6 -- out of ideas -- launching chrome results in an immediate crash of Xvnc everytime [SOLVED, well root cause found anyway] Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:20:55 -0400 Message-ID: <00d201cc9563$a94739a0$fbd5ace0$@lucidpixels.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 thread-index: AcyVYHLbOwKSsO10Rdu5FeUrfpEMpg== Content-Language: en-us Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, It came down to this Google Chrome extension: Name: Extensions Manager (aka switcher) Version: 0.1.6.95_0 When this extension is enabled in 64-bit Linux when I launch Google Chrome on two separate machines (both 64-bit/Debian), it crashes Xvnc, when I disable/remove this extension, Xvnc no longer crashes (at least it has not yet :-)) All of this hassle due to 1 bad plug-in; in any event though there is a bug in X/VNC, an application should not crash VNC. Just a heads up to anyone else who sees this problem. Justin.