gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in gnome_theme_meta_info_compare()

Thank you for reporting this bug. Could you let us know what theme it occurs with? (This is the output of "gconftool -g /apps/metacity/general/theme".)

I removed ubuntu from my machine and reinstalled windows since reporting
this bug. I'm sorry but I don't think I can help anymore.

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Thomas Thurman <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for reporting this bug. Could you let us know what theme it
> occurs with? (This is the output of "gconftool -g
> /apps/metacity/general/theme".)
>
> --
> gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191708
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Source Package "metacity" in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
>
> Jus finished installing 8.08, package restarted the machine. The crash
> report message was displayed after I logged into ubuntu. Happens everytime I
> boot. I only have 3 days experience with ubuntu but it appears to me that
> the version of gnome that I get is the "failsafe" version - low graphics,
> using generic driver for my ATI Radeon 9250 card. This is exactly the reason
> I tried upgrading to 8.08 from 7.10, previous version wouldn't load
> correctly. I have a Sony Triniton tv connected to the ATI card as my only
> monitor, but I also have an intergrated SiS 600 ((i think) with nothing
> connected to it.
>
> As I said, I'm not too familiar with ubuntu yet. but I am a Software
> Tester by trade so I'd be happy to do what I can to help resolve the issue.
> Please let me know what other info is needed.
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Feb 12 19:39:55 2008
> Disassembly: 0xb745a02a:
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
> NonfreeKernelModules: cdrom
> Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.21.90-0ubuntu2
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcCmdline: gnome-appearance-properties
> ProcCwd: /home/jose
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> Signal: 11
> SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
> StacktraceTop:
> ?? ()
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare ()
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare ()
> ?? ()
> ?? ()
> ThreadStacktrace:
>
> Title: gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare()
> Uname: Linux jmdesktop 2.6.24-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 7 01:29:58 UTC 2008
> i686 GNU/Linux
> UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev
> plugdev powerdev scanner video
>

Thomas, I can verify that it happened for me with the default theme. I cannot verify that it's the same error. On a clean install of Hardy (both beta and alpha 6), opening the theme manager (settings - prefs - appearance) caused a crash window to open when trying to change the theme. I don't recall what theme I chose at that time. Closing the crash report window did not cause the theme manager to close. It continued working despite the crash report. I've seen this several times now on several machines. To date, I've installed hardy beta on 3 different computers and all of them exhibited the same type of problem. It did not, however, cause any usability issues on any of them - at least none that I've noticed yet. I will try and pay attention next time it happens but on at least one machine I think I check the "don't warn about future problems" option so I may not see it again.

Thank you for your help raising this, anyway.

This isn't really a Metacity problem. gnome_theme_meta_info_compare() is a function in libtheme.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

Sorry, I was never able to get a successful ubuntu install so I haven't been
a user since I reported this issue.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Attachment removed: "CoreDump.gz"
>
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11946741/CoreDump.gz
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-themes (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191708
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "gnome-themes" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
>
> Jus finished installing 8.08, package restarted the machine. The crash
> report message was displayed after I logged into ubuntu. Happens everytime I
> boot. I only have 3 days experience with ubuntu but it appears to me that
> the version of gnome that I get is the "failsafe" version - low graphics,
> using generic driver for my ATI Radeon 9250 card. This is exactly the reason
> I tried upgrading to 8.08 from 7.10, previous version wouldn't load
> correctly. I have a Sony Triniton tv connected to the ATI card as my only
> monitor, but I also have an intergrated SiS 600 ((i think) with nothing
> connected to it.
>
> As I said, I'm not too familiar with ubuntu yet. but I am a Software Tester
> by trade so I'd be happy to do what I can to help resolve the issue. Please
> let me know what other info is needed.
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Feb 12 19:39:55 2008
> Disassembly: 0xb745a02a:
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
> NonfreeKernelModules: cdrom
> Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.21.90-0ubuntu2
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcCmdline: gnome-appearance-properties
> ProcCwd: /home/jose
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> Signal: 11
> SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
> StacktraceTop:
> ?? ()
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare ()
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare ()
> ?? ()
> ?? ()
> ThreadStacktrace:
>
> Title: gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in
> gnome_theme_meta_info_compare()
> Uname: Linux jmdesktop 2.6.24-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 7 01:29:58 UTC 2008
> i686 GNU/Linux
> UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev
> powerdev scanner video
>

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Ok no worries, closing the bug for now then, please feel free to re open if you can give us the information we asked for, thanks.