[Qt-interest] Application compiled with Qt 4.5.1 causes X11 server to die

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at trolltech.com
Thu May 7 08:13:13 CEST 2009


Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
>I've got an application that paints many points on a QWidget, using
>QPainter::drawPolygon(), and when run with the GSHHS high detail data
>set, causes X11 under Linux to restart (screen goes blank for a
>second, then I am presented with the KDM login prompt).

>Any ideas what could be causing this?

Yes: a bug in the X server or a bug in the driver. There's no operation 
that any application can do which results in the X server restarting under 
normal conditions. So, no matter what the application does, the X server 
should not restart.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) nokia.com
  Senior Product Manager - Nokia, Qt Software
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