Issue 131863 in chromium: Chrome crashes when using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu

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Labels: OS-Linux Area-Undefined Type-Bug Pri-2

New issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when using Synergy
and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Chrome Version : 20.0.1132.27
OS Version: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS the Lucid Lynx

I'm using Synergy to work with my mac laptop and ubuntu. Ubuntu is the
host. What I'm doing is coping urls from my mac and then pasting them into
address bar or any text area in gmail and chrome crashes. This is an
intermittent issue and only happens on Linux Chrome. I have not seen it on
Win7 or Mac. It seems that the issue happens because the clipboard doesn't
yet have the line that was copied and when I try to paste it into Chrome it
just hangs and there is no way to come out of it other than to force kill
it. So what I end up doing is pasting into gedit first and then into Chrome
and that works, gedit never crashes.
Let me know if there is anything else I could provide.


Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if
possible.

UserAgentString: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML,
like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.27 Safari/536.11


Google Chrome 20.0.1132.27 (Official Build 140692) beta
OS Linux
WebKit 536.11 (@119525)
JavaScript V8 3.10.8.13
Flash 11.3.31.103
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML, like
Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.27 Safari/536.11
Command Line /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --flag-switches-begin
--flag-switches-end
Executable Path /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
Profile Path /home/rzakarian/.config/google-chrome/Default

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Labels: -Area-Undefined Stability-Crash

Comment #1 on issue 131863 by meh...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Please post here the report id from chrome://crashes

Thanks.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #2 on issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Crash ID 327ef0bb5ed626ac
Crash ID 0498dc472e537482

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Comment #3 on issue 131863 by incu...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when using

Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

I have this problem as well, I run linux synergy server and chrome and a
mac client. I didn't have crash reporting enabled but I do now, so next
time it happens I shall paste the id in here.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #5 on issue 131863 by garyrobe...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

ubuntu -> synergy -> ubuntu has the same issue... had it for a while , now
12.04.01 LTS

The process doesnt want to die either, needs a killall/kill -9 to get it to
die.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #6 on issue 131863 by meng...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when using

Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

I am affected by this bug as well, and often have to kill chrome about 9-12
times a day.

win7 (synergy master) <--> ubuntu (synergy client).

My chrome doesn't crash on win7, only on ubuntu.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #7 on issue 131863 by mark.man...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

As a side note - I have found that if I restart the Synergy client when
having this issue, Chrome will come back to being responsive fairly quickly.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #9 on issue 131863 by carch...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when using

Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

The workaround: firefox. :)

I've no idea what is wrong with Chrome on Ubuntu, but it is really broken
for me. On one machine (host) Chrome runs like a dog. On the client, it
locks up if I try and copy and paste.

Annoyingly, it is not all the time, but once it starts it gets stuck there.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #11 on issue 131863 by ret...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when using

Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Also affected with the following setup:

Synergy host: Lubuntu 12.04.1 LTS with google-chrome-stable
21.0.1180.89-r154005
Synergy client: Windows XP

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Cc: the...@chromium.org

Comment #12 on issue 131863 by meh...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

I don't know, who is triaging Linux bugs.

@thestig: Can you triage this issue please (if possible) and take a look at
the crash reports?

Thanks in advance.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Labels: Action-FeedbackNeeded

Comment #13 on issue 131863 by the...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

If you are having this problem, can you post some crash report IDs? The
ones from rzakarian don't seem related.

http://www.chromium.org/for-testers/bug-reporting-guidelines/reporting-crash-bug

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #14 on issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

It's really hard to get crash IDs for this because the browser doesn't
really crash, it just freezes and nothing functions. However it did crash
on me just now when I was performing the same steps listed above, I got
this ID
Crash ID 3eb986cc42b6b63a

Occurred Friday, September 21, 2012 12:52:12 PM

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Comment #15 on issue 131863 by the...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

rzakarian: that crash id is for bug 133626.

If Chrome is hanging, please try the instructions here:
http://www.chromium.org/for-testers/bug-reporting-guidelines/hanging-tabs

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #16 on issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Ahh perfect, I'll follow those instructions next time it hangs. Thanks.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

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Cc: espr...@chromium.org

Comment #17 on issue 131863 by espr...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

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Comment #18 on issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Tried the steps for chrome hanging, didn't get a crash dump. Will try again
next time.

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Updates:
Status: Untriaged
Cc: dch...@chromium.org
Labels: -Action-FeedbackNeeded

Comment #20 on issue 131863 by the...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Ya, those two crashes look the same. It looks like Chrome is hanging
waiting for data in the clipboard code:

[libc-2.11.1.so] - ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:87] __poll
[libglib-2.0.so.0.2400.1] - gmain.c:2904] g_main_context_iterate
[libglib-2.0.so.0.2400.1] - gmain.c:2799] IA__g_main_loop_run
[libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2000.1] + 0x00271992]
[libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.2000.1] - gdkproperty-x11.c:381] intern_atom
[chrome] - ui/base/clipboard/clipboard_gtk.cc:389]
ui::Clipboard::IsFormatAvailable
[chrome] - ui/base/clipboard/clipboard_gtk.cc:452]
ui::Clipboard::ReadAvailableTypes
[chrome] - ./base/tuple.h:797] ClipboardMessageFilter::OnMessageReceived
[chrome] - content/public/browser/browser_message_filter.cc:136]
content::BrowserMessageFilter::DispatchMessage
[chrome] - ./base/callback.h:388] MessageLoop::RunTask

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Cc: e...@chromium.org lambrosl...@chromium.org to...@chromium.org

Comment #24 on issue 131863 by dch...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

I'm not sure if it can be easily fixed with the current iteration of
clipboard code. The GTK function in question runs a nested message loop
while it waits for the clipboard selection owner to respond... and if the
selection owners never responds, then we just hang.

I think lambroslambrou@ actually covered this case in his clipboard code
for Linux chromoting (which uses X11 instead of GTK), and erg@ is working
on converting the clipboard code in Chrome to use X11 as well, so maybe
this is something we can address in the future.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #25 on issue 131863 by dch...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Actually, I wonder if this is related to
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=44915#c17 -- unfortunately, I
haven't found the associated patch to fix the issue there, but maybe we can
try a similar strategy in Chrome and see if it fixes the issue.

(If we do implement this, we probably want to keep the comments in
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=63991#c3 in mind as well)

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #29 on issue 131863 by lambrosl...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes

when using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

> I think lambroslambrou@ actually covered this case in his clipboard code
> for Linux chromoting (which uses X11 instead of GTK), and erg@ is working
> on converting the clipboard code in Chrome to use X11 as well, so maybe
> this is something we can address in the future.

The chromoting clipboard code is asynchronous - it triggers a registered
callback whenever it receives new clipboard data. In the case of an
unresponsive application that has claimed ownership of the clipboard, we
will simply fail to trigger the callback. So there's no need to spin up a
nested message-pump in our case.

There was a 5-second timer in an early iteration of our code (which
controlled whether to process a new clipboard notification or continue with
an existing process), but we removed it on closer review.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #30 on issue 131863 by chad.cl...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

I can confirm that after restarting synergys (which I run on the same
Ubuntu machine running Chrome) is a way to recover without killing Chrome.
Chrome begins to respond after a few seconds.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #31 on issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

That's not really a solution though. Restarting synergy is way more painful
imho than restarting Chrome which reopens with all of the tabs saved.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #32 on issue 131863 by chandanb...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Yes, this is really annoying and restarting synergy everytime is painful
and IMHO not the right solution.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #34 on issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Any idea how Firefox deals with this clipboard issue? it doesn't crash
during the same circumstances.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #35 on issue 131863 by geoff.oxholm: Chrome crashes when using

Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

I have this problem when running synergyc.

I run synergyc on my laptop, and synergys on my desktop. If I use my laptop
directly and copy, chromium freezes.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #37 on issue 131863 by muetdhi...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Hello,
I'm affected also by this bug since long time ago..
Gentoo+Synergys on one hand
Debian+Synergys+Chromium on the other hand.

It's really annoying and crap, as crap as your incapacity, head in the
wall, since the release of chrome to just follow the standard Unix
behaviour with 3rd button's click & paste right in the middle of a browser
page.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #38 on issue 131863 by muetdhi...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Hello,
I'm affected also by this bug since long time ago..
Gentoo+Synergys on one hand

Debian+Synergyc+Chromium on the other hand.

It's really annoying and crap, as crap as your incapacity and refuses, head

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #39 on issue 131863 by ja...@scientiamobile.com: Chrome crashes

when using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

I am having the exact same issues here with my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS box as
synergy host...

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #40 on issue 131863 by j...@smets.cx: Chrome crashes when using

Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

+1 user with this annoying problem.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #41 on issue 131863 by rzakar...@google.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

Is anyone looking into this? I even updated to Ubuntu 12.04 in slight hopes
that it would fix the problem, but nope Chrome crashes everyday.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #42 on issue 131863 by e...@chromium.org: Chrome crashes when using

Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

You may assume no one is looking at it; otherwise the bug would be
Assigned. The linux port is basically me and a handful of 20%ers, and I'm
swamped with work right now.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #43 on issue 131863 by sergey.v...@gmail.com: Chrome crashes when

using Synergy and copying from one computer to Chrome on Ubuntu
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=131863

same for me, workaround: restart synergyc