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[Rodney Lorrimar <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 805303 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805303

Hi Dmitry,

I tried your test case on #805303, it's very effective.

Is it right for a bad app to crash
1. the window manager
2. the x server
3. the entire machine in a horrible way

Certainly the fault is caused by a QT theme but compiz and/or xorg-
server are not handling the error correctly.

Metacity doesn't crash when running test_v2.py with the GTK theme set.
However it still makes a weird window and causes xorg-xserver to
allocate 1gb of memory.

Perhaps there's a fairly simple way for the window manager and/or xorg-
server to limit outrageous resource requests. But on the other hand,
perhaps there is no way to differentiate between a faulty app and one
with demanding resource requirements.

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