Want to Crash your X Server?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 05/26/2009 09:20 PM, Cry wrote:
> 
> Running fully update rawhide, with Desktop Effects turned on and Q965 Video,
> opening the link below (evince from Firefox), results in an almost instant crash
> of X and a return to the login screen.
> 
> http://sodium.resophonic.com/boost.pdf
> 
> The really annoying thing is that there was no window manager running when I
> logged back in!  My top menu bar was covered by unmoveable windows.  Fortunately
> I was able to reach my bottom menu bar (gnome) to add the start menu and use
> that to disable desktop effects and then reenable.
> 
> Posting here since there seemed to be a quest for URLs that crashed the desktop.
> 
> Don't think this is a new bug.

Can't reproduce it here.

Rahul