[Bf-linux] Segmentation fault from /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so

[Dietrich Bollmann]

Hi, 

recently I can't run Blender anymore - it crashes just after showing an
empty blender window over and over again: 

  $ blender 
  Compiled with Python version 2.5.1.
  Checking for installed Python... got it!
  Segmentation fault

In order to trace down the problem I compiled the newest subversion
sources with -g flag and started it via GDB in emacs:
  
  Current directory is /home/dietrich/blender-tmp/bastel/install/linux2/
  GNU gdb 6.6.90.20070912-debian
  Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show
copying"
  and "show warranty" for details.
  This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
  Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
  (gdb) break screenmain
  Breakpoint 1 at 0x8246b8d: file source/blender/src/editscreen.c, line
1282.
  (gdb) run
  Starting
program: /home/dietrich/blender-tmp/bastel/install/linux2/blender 
  [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
  Compiled with Python version 2.5.1.
  Checking for installed Python... got it!
  [New Thread 0xb758c6c0 (LWP 8085)]
  [Switching to Thread 0xb758c6c0 (LWP 8085)]
  
  Breakpoint 1, screenmain () at source/blender/src/editscreen.c:1282
  (gdb) n 1000
  (gdb) n 1000
  (gdb) n 1000
  
  Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
  0xb70f257f in ?? () from /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so
  (gdb) backtrace
  #0  0xb70f257f in ?? () from /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so
  #1  0x3f800000 in ?? ()
  #2  0x00000000 in ?? ()
  (gdb) 

Sometimes it crashes faster, sometimes later - but always in i915_dri.so

I am using Debian sid - which might be related :)

Any idea what I can do?
Would it be better to post to some other list?

Thanks, Dietrich