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gnome-pim package

gnomecal crashes at startup

Bug #2740 reported by Rajasekar Karthik
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME-PIM
Expired
Critical
gnome-pim (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
MOTU

Bug Description

Ubuntu Version: 5.10 (Breezy)
Application in Package: gnomecal
Error: Application "gnomecal" (process 8484) has crashed due to fatal error(Segmentation fault)

Whenever I start gnomecal, I get the above error.

Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in gnome-pim:
assignee: nobody → gnome
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. Which version of gnomecal are you using? Could you try to obtain a backtrace with the instructions on http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash ?

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Rajasekar Karthik (karthik085) wrote : gdb output

Please check the gdb output I got.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote : Re: gnomecal crashes in breezy

The bug was already reported in the GNOME bug tracker: http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317776

I added your backtrace as a comment. Thank you.

Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in gnome-pim:
assignee: gnome → motu
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Jonathan Carter (jonathan) wrote :

Has this been fixed in the latest Ubuntu Dapper release?

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Rajasekar Karthik (karthik085) wrote :

I do get the same error in Dapper too, except the process number has changed to 7237

Martin Bergner (martin-bergner)
Changed in gnome-pim:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Rajasekar Karthik (karthik085) wrote :

The problem occurs because of fonts properties.
gnome-pim version: 1.4.9
Folder: gncal
File: month-view.c
Line Number: 594
Code: y = font->ascent + font->descent + 2 * SPACING;
Fixed code: y = 2 * SPACING;
//a better solution is to fix the font properties

Reported the same at Gnome bug tracker:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317776

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-pim:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

As per note in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317776, this package is unmaintained upstream. Closing bug.

Changed in gnome-pim:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-pim:
status: New → Incomplete
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-pim:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-pim:
importance: Unknown → Critical
status: Invalid → Expired
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