[Reportbug-maint] Bug#592862: reportbug: ui gtk launched through ssh -X crashes due to X11 BadValue error

[Michel Briand]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.12.4
Severity: important

Hello,

using ssh -X to admin my machine, I tried to report a bug with the gtk ui.
It crashed with the error:

michel at nipour:~$ reportbug dkms
The program 'reportbug' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 162 error_code 2 request_code 148 minor_code 3)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Best regards,
Michel

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
DEBEMAIL="michelbriand at free.fr"
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/michel/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "4.12.4"
mode advanced
ui gtk2
realname "Michel Briand"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (911, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-bpo.5-xen-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.25.3   Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.6.5-11   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-reportbug              4.12.4     Python modules for interacting wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  debconf-utils        <none>              (no description available)
pn  debsums              <none>              (no description available)
ii  dlocate              1.02                fast alternative to dpkg -L and dp
ii  emacs23-bin-common   23.1+1-5            The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  file                 5.04-4              Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                1.4.10-4            GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  postfix [mail-transp 2.7.1-1             High-performance mail transport ag
ii  python-gtk2          2.17.0-3            Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-gtkspell      <none>              (no description available)
pn  python-urwid         <none>              (no description available)
ii  python-vte           1:0.24.3-1          Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  xdg-utils            1.0.2+cvs20100307-1 desktop integration utilities from

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