[CentOS] tigervnc-server-module crashes after EL 6.3 update

Thu Aug 16 22:01:52 UTC 2012
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 08/16/2012 11:43 AM, Cal Webster wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 13:56 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 08/15/2012 09:47 AM, Cal Webster wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 20:55 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>> On 08/14/2012 05:23 PM, Cal Webster wrote:
>>>>> We began experiencing failed vnc connections to the console display on
>>>>> servers that have been updated to EL 6.3. No such failures have occurred
>>>>> on similar connections to EL 6.2 servers.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the client machine a normal vncviewer display appears with the
>>>>> expected graphical login until the mouse pointer is moved within the
>>>>> boundaries of the vncviewer window. At this point the window closes and
>>>>> an error message appears in both a pop-up window and in the terminal
>>>>> window in which the session was initiated stating "read: Connection
>>>>> reset by peer (104)".
>>>>>
>>>>> On the server end, a core dump is generated and a abrt bug report is
>>>>> created.
>>>>>
>>>>> /var/log/messages
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>>>> Aug 14 11:00:30 jato2 abrt[11411]: File '/usr/bin/Xorg' seems to be
>>>>> deleted
>>>>> Aug 14 11:00:30 jato2 abrt[11411]: Saved core dump of pid 7892
>>>>> (/usr/bin/Xorg) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2012-08-14-11:00:30-7892
>>>>> (42041344 bytes)
>>>>> Aug 14 11:00:30 jato2 abrtd: Directory 'ccpp-2012-08-14-11:00:30-7892'
>>>>> creation detected
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> This bug has been reported in the CentOS bug tracker here:
>>>>>
>>>>> 0005824: tigervnc-server-module keep crashing
>>>>> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5824
>>>>>
>>>>> However, this appears to be a bug upstream. The source RPM provided with
>>>>> CentOS is identical to that of upstream with no modifications. Also,
>>>>> there is an upstream bug reported that appears to have the same
>>>>> symptoms. I have added a comment to the upstream bug report (listed
>>>>> below) if anyone wishes to see the details.
>>>>>
>>>>> tigervnc-server-module crashes with dual screen setup
>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820443
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We have verified that rebuilding the unmodified source RPM for tigervnc
>>>>> produces a tigervnc-server-module RPM that does not suffer from this
>>>>> bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Removing the original tigervnc-server-module package and replacing it
>>>>> with the rebuilt one fixes the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've duplicated the problem on 2 EL 6.3 x86_64 single-head display
>>>>> machines and have verified the fix.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tomorrow, I'll duplicate the problem on a dual-head x86_64 machine that
>>>>> currently still works after updating to EL 6.2 then confirm the the fix.
>>>>>
>>>> Did you rebuild the SRPM using mock or directly on a physical machine
>>>> with rpmbuild?
>>> No mock, just a simple "rpmbuild -ba SPEC/tigervnc.spec"
>> OK, if you find that this solves your problems for sure, I will build
>> the SRPM outside of mock and see if it is different.
> I've confirmed the same faulty behavior for the update to 6.3 on our
> dual-head systems.
>
> Also confirmed is that replacing the 6.3 base tigervnc-server-module rpm
> with the rebuilt one does fix the problem on the dual-head systems.
>
> One disturbing difference between single and dual headed systems is that
> on the dual-head systems Xorg generates a core dump and completely
> freezes up when the mouse movement is detected. Single-head systems just
> fail to connect. This complication could be somehow caused by our
> proprietary "ATI FirePro 2270" drivers, though. Once the rebuilt module
> is installed the systems run fine.
>
> I've also updated the upstream bug report.

can you see if either or both of these work for you:

http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/tigervnc/

One set was built inside of mock, the other outside of mock in a virtual
machine with only the build requirements of the SRPM installed.

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