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gcalctool package

gcalctool hangs when using powers

Bug #236963 reported by Vicente Ruiz
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GCalctool
Fix Released
Critical
gcalctool (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gcalctool

When I type big powers, gcalctool doesn't respond. For example, type 2^99999

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 3 02:55:22 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gcalctool 5.22.2-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcalctool
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic x86_64

Tags: apport-bug

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/gcalctool
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Vicente Ruiz (uve) wrote :
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your report, what do you mean with doesn't respond? It hangs? you can't use the application after type the example?

Changed in gcalctool:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Vicente Ruiz (uve) wrote :

Yes, gcalctool hangs. If power is small, I can use it after little time. With the example, after few mins, I can't use gcalctool.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

May you please try to obtain a backtrace of the hang as http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

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Vicente Ruiz (uve) wrote :

gcalctool doesn't produce segmentation fault. It remains doing calculations all the short while. You can see attached video.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

According to the video it does hangs, may you get a backtrace of it? I'm not able to reproduce the hang here, for instructions please have a look to the "Already running programs" section at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace ; thanks again.

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Vicente Ruiz (uve) wrote :

I fell it! I'm Spanish and I don't know to explain to me well in English. I have attached a new video to try explain it.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

I was able to reproduce this and get a backtrace of the hang, I've sent it upstream at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=548690 ; thanks for reporting.

Changed in gcalctool:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Changed in gcalctool:
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in gcalctool:
status: New → Confirmed
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Changed in gcalctool:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

this has been fixed upstream, thanks for reporting.

Changed in gcalctool:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gcalctool - 5.24.1-0ubuntu1

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gcalctool (5.24.1-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream version (LP: #286320)
    - Fixes Gtk-Warning on GtkSpinButton (LP: #274830).
    - Fixes hang when using powers (LP: #236963).

 -- Christophe Sauthier <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:04:50 +0200

Changed in gcalctool:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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importance: Unknown → Critical
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