weird glx backend segfault

[popcorn9499]

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Platform

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Arch Linux

GPU, drivers, and screen setup

// Example: NVidia GTX 670, nvidia-drivers 381.09, two monitors configured side-by-side with xrandr
Nvidia GT 640 Nvidia drivers. Two monitors configed one below and one to the top and right of the main display. configured by nvidia x server settings
// Please include the version of the video drivers (xf86-video-*) and mesa.
nvidia 430.26
// Please also paste the output of glxinfo -B here.

name of display: :0
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  151 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  24 (X_GLXCreateNewContext)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  85
  Current serial number in output stream:  86

Environment

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Compton version

// Put the output of compton --version here.
// If you are running compton v4 or later, please also include the output of compton --diagnostics
// Example: v1

Compton configuration:

// Paste your configuration here
shadow = true;
##no-dnd-shadow = true;
##no-dock-shadow = true;
##clear-shadow = true;
shadow-radius = 7;
shadow-offset-x = -7;
shadow-offset-y = -7;
shadow-opacity = 0.7;
shadow-red = 0.0;
shadow-green = 0.0;
shadow-blue = 0.0;
shadow-exclude = [ "name = 'Notification'", "class_g = 'Conky'", "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'", "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'" ];
shadow-ignore-shaped = false;
xinerama-shadow-crop = false;
#menu-opacity = 0.8;
inactive-opacity = 1.0;
active-opacity = 1.0;
frame-opacity = 0.7;
inactive-opacity-override = false;
#alpha-step = 0.06;
inactive-dim = 0.0;
blur-kern = "3x3box";
blur-background-exclude = [ "window_type = 'dock'", "window_type = 'desktop'" ];
fading = true;
fade-in-step = 0.07;
fade-out-step = 0.07;
fade-exclude = [ ];
backend = "glx";
mark-wmwin-focused = true;
mark-ovredir-focused = true;
detect-rounded-corners = true;
detect-client-opacity = true;
refresh-rate = 0;
dbe = false;
##paint-on-overlay = true;
focus-exclude = [ "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'" ];
detect-transient = true;
detect-client-leader = true;
invert-color-include = [ ];
glx-copy-from-front = false;
##glx-swap-method = "undefined";
wintypes : 
{
  tooltip : 
  {
    fade = true;
    shadow = false;
    opacity = 0.75;
    focus = true;
  };
};
blur-background = false;
opacity-rule = [
  "100:class_g = 'URxvt' && focused",
  "95:class_g = 'URxvt' && !focused",
  "100:class_g = 'google-chrome' && !focused",
  "100:class_g = 'google-chrome' && focused",
  "95:class_g = 'URxvt' && !_NET_WM_STATE@:32a",
  "0:_NET_WM_STATE@[0]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
  "0:_NET_WM_STATE@[1]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
  "0:_NET_WM_STATE@[2]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
  "0:_NET_WM_STATE@[3]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
  "0:_NET_WM_STATE@[4]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
  "95:class_g = 'discord' && focused",
  "90:class_g = 'discord' && !focused",
  "90:class_g = 'Code' && focused",
  "80:class_g = 'Code' && !focused",
  "90:class_g = 'okular' && focused",
  "80:class_g = 'okular' && !focused",
  "60:class_g = 'plasmashell' && focused",
  "60:class_g = 'plasmashell' && !focused",
];

Steps of reproduction

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set backend="glx"
2.
execute compton

Expected behavior

should just run and has until this last week

Current Behavior

crashes with

[popcorn9499@popcornDL ~]$ compton
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Stack trace

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[popcorn9499@popcornDL ~]$ gdb compton
GNU gdb (GDB) 8.3
Copyright (C) 2019 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.
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Reading symbols from compton...
(No debugging symbols found in compton)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/compton 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000555555561147 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000555555561147 in ?? ()
#1  0x00005555555611bd in ?? ()
#2  0x00007ffff7cfc50a in _XError () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#3  0x00007ffff7cf9398 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#4  0x00007ffff7cf9445 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#5  0x00007ffff7cfa317 in _XReply () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#6  0x00007ffff7cf5c3f in XSync () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#7  0x00007ffff6384e58 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libGLX_nvidia.so.0
#8  0x00007ffff6376f11 in glXCreateContext () from /usr/lib/libGLX_nvidia.so.0
#9  0x00007ffff6e16474 in glXCreateContext () from /usr/lib/libGLX.so.0
#10 0x000055555557a8d7 in ?? ()
#11 0x0000555555571ace in ?? ()
#12 0x000055555555f3e2 in ?? ()
#13 0x00007ffff70adee3 in __libc_start_main () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
#14 0x000055555556069e in ?? ()
(gdb) q
A debugging session is active.

	Inferior 1 [process 21580] will be killed.

Quit anyway? (y or n) y
[popcorn9499@popcornDL ~]$ 

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Other details

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[yshui]

It crashed in glXCreateContext. It's probably a problem with your driver, or how your system is setup.

[popcorn9499]

Anything you recommend that I try?

[yshui]

@popcorn9499 even glxinfo doesn't work. you should probably consult ArchWiki on how to setup your video driver properly.

I'm closing this.

[popcorn9499]

just for anyone that may have this issue in the future update your linux kernel and shit before causing a developer issues you feel like an entire idiot for bothering others when it was just one simple system update to fix all your issues. I wasnt even that out of date. I updated it like the day before so figured id throw this up for anyone else who may have this type of issue.

Sorry to bother you @yshui Have a great day

[yshui]

No worries