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gnome-utils package

gnome-system-log crashed with signal 5 in g_thread_init()

Bug #320856 reported by syldeb35
12
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-utils

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

apt-cache policy gnome-utils
gnome-utils:
  Installé : 2.25.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidat : 2.25.2-0ubuntu1
 Table de version :
 *** 2.25.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

gnome-system-log crashed when I try to launch it.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-log
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-utils 2.25.2-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: gnome-system-log
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
StacktraceTop:
 g_thread_init (init=0x0)
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
Title: gnome-system-log crashed with signal 5 in g_thread_init()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-5-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev pulse-rt sambashare scanner tape uml-net vboxusers video

Tags: apport-crash

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/gnome-utils
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syldeb35 (sylvain-debray) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic stack trace

StacktraceTop:g_thread_init (init=0x0)
main (argc=1, argv=0xbfcc7144) at logview-main.c:102

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic threaded stack trace
Changed in gnome-utils:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Connor Imes (ckimes)
Changed in gnome-utils:
status: New → Triaged
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-utils:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Triaged → New
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

do you get the issue every time you start the application? could you run echo $GTK_MODULES and gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/gtk-modules and copy that to the bug?

Changed in gnome-utils:
status: New → Incomplete
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syldeb35 (sylvain-debray) wrote :

yes, I have this issue every time. No possibility for me to launch this app.
~$ echo $GTK_MODULES
canberra-gtk-module:gail:atk-bridge
~$ gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/gtk-modules
 gnomebreakpad = false
 gail:atk-bridge = /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

could you unset $GTK_MODULES and see if that makes a difference?

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syldeb35 (sylvain-debray) wrote :

Re! Here's the result after unset GTK_MODULES

:~$ unset GTK_MODULES
:~$ echo $GTK_MODULES

:~$ gnome-system-log

GThread-ERROR **: GThread system may only be initialized once.
aborting...
Trappe pour point d'arrêt et de trace (core dumped)

no modification!

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Could you try to obtain a valgrind log following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to the bug report?

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syldeb35 (sylvain-debray) wrote :

here's in attached a valgrind log

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

not sure why you are getting this issue but upstream commited a change to svn which should fix the error

Changed in gnome-utils:
status: Incomplete → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-utils - 2.25.90-0ubuntu1

---------------
gnome-utils (2.25.90-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    Baobab
    - Fix bug #567834 - Crash with segfault when trying to performe
    "scan folder" on a partition which is NOT included in "folders to scan"
    Dictionary
    Floppy
    Screenshot
    - Fix bug #567205 - Register the new files with GtkRecentManager
    Search Tool
    System Log Viewer
    - Correctly initialize threads (lp: #320856)
    - Do not install the test-reader binary
    - Fix bug #567170 - left sidebar displays arrows when not required
    - Fix bug #569807 - gnome-system-log crashed with SIGSEGV in
      IA__g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__POINTER (lp: #323047)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:04:31 +0100

Changed in gnome-utils:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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