GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 579777
gnome-system-monitor renice or kill causes close
Last modified: 2011-11-11 10:03:55 UTC
Please describe the problem: Trying to "Change Priority" for any process of any owner causes g-s-m to close with the following error shown in the terminal: The program 'gnome-system-monitor' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. (Details: serial 125982 error_code 8 request_code 1 minor_code 0) Apport and gdb do not see any crash, so I can't get a backtrace. This is reproducible for me every time. Note that the priority slider does not need to be changed, as the crash happens when pressing the "Change Priority" button under any circumstances. This is similar to the fixed libgksu bug #206583, but appears to be a separate issue. This did not occur previously in Jaunty. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.26.0.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64 Steps to reproduce: 1) Open gnome-system-monitor 2) Right-click on any process in the Processes tab and choose "Change Priority" 3) Adjusting the slider is optional. Press the "Change Priority" button. Actual results: 4) g-s-m closes, and "Starting Administrative Application" appears in the gnome-panel. No renice occurs. Expected results: 4) The priority chosen by the slider is applied to the process, and g-s-m stays open. Does this happen every time? yes Other information: bug on launcjpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363558
More information from downstream report: Obtained backtraces with "break gdk_x_error". http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25787500/gdb-g-s-m.txt - renice user process http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25787513/gdb-g-s-m.txt - renice root process "the issue seems either a wnck or a xorg one"
The problem still exists with g-s-m 2.27.4 on Ubuntu Karmic
this bug was fixed here https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549760
Was fixed as indicated in the previous comment.