[hardy] X crashes when I start f-spot with "dbus-launch f-spot"

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I cannot reproduce this on Hardy Alpha4.

I'm already using the very latest version of Hardy. Are there any commands I can run to further investigate this?

When I start f-spot from the commandline, here is the output I get:

~% f-spot
System.ApplicationException: F-Spot cannot find the Dbus session bus. Make sure dbus is configured properly or start a new session for f-spot using "dbus-launch f-spot" ---> System.Exception: Unable to open the session message bus. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null.
Parameter name: address
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000]
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000]
  at NDesk.DBus.BusG.Init () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

  at FSpot.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]

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Then a "fatal error" window pops up, with this text:

An unhandled exception was thrown: F-Spot cannot find the Dbus session bus. Make sure dbus is configured properly or start a new session for f-spot using "dbus-launch f-spot"

  at FSpot.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]
.NET Version: 2.0.50727.42

Assembly Version Information:

NDesk.DBus.Proxies (0.0.0.0)
gdk-sharp (2.10.0.0)
gnome-vfs-sharp (2.16.0.0)
Mono.Addins (0.3.0.0)
NDesk.DBus.GLib (1.0.0.0)
NDesk.DBus (1.0.0.0)
System (2.0.0.0)
Mono.Posix (2.0.0.0)
atk-sharp (2.10.0.0)
gtk-sharp (2.10.0.0)
Mono.Addins.Setup (0.3.0.0)
glib-sharp (2.10.0.0)
gnome-sharp (2.16.0.0)
f-spot (0.4.1.0)
Mono.GetOptions (2.0.0.0)
mscorlib (2.0.0.0)

Platform Information: Linux 2.6.24-7-generic i686 unknown GNU/Linux

Distribution Information:

[/etc/debian_version]
lenny/sid

[/etc/lsb-release]
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

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Here is the suggestion of the "fatal error"-window: Make sure dbus is configured properly or start a new session for f-spot using "dbus-launch f-spot"

When I try "dbus-launch f-spot", X just crashes and disappears.

Do I have to demonstrate this bug on a live CD for this to be a valid issue?

Please attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old which should contain a backtrace from the crash.

I suspect that my Xorg.0.log.old does not contain the backtrace, but I'll attach it anways.
If I find the time, I'll try running the command again and attach the backtrace. I would rather not restart X right now.

Thanks for the response.

I tried starting F-spot again (with "dbus-launch f-spot") First time, it started up seemingly fine. I selected File->Import and added a directory with about 400 pictures.
During the import, I noticed that f-spot would copy all the images to ~/Photos. I didn't want this, so I clicked "Cancel" and tried pressing ESC, but got no response.
F-spot, X and all my other applications started going slower and slower, and I think I got an "OutOfMemory" error on the console before everything went to a crawl.
After several minutes, I barely managed to press Ctrl+Alt+F1, log in and kill f-spot.

But, I still had faith in being able to reproduce the crash, so I tried again. I started f-spot (still with "dbus-launch f-spot"). This time, I had better luck and X crashed after a short while.
I even managed to get hold of the Xorg.0.log.old, which I am attaching right now.

Looking at the log, it seems like the wacom-driver is to blame, but no other application makes X crash but f-spot, and my wacom tablet works perfectly fine in other applications, so I'm having a hard time believing that. However, it might be combination of f-spot and the wacom-drivers. I'm using the lastest version of the linuxwacom drivers, which I need to in order to get my Bamboo1 tablet to work: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/

Hope it helps.

There's a new version of the driver uploaded recently, does it still crash?

F-spot seems to work fine now, but I've also switched to Intrepid.

Closing this bug. It seems to be fixed (previous comments).

I am having this bug in Lucid with wacom Bamboo One. F-Spot, Shotwell i Rythmbox are crashing X to login when started, and light on my Wacom Bamboo One blinks when that happens and tablet stops working until restart. Please reopen, thanks.