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gecko-mediaplayer package

Latest gecko-mediaplayer update in Oneric causes all browsers to crash

Bug #812053 reported by Michael Marley
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gecko-mediaplayer
Unknown
Unknown
gecko-mediaplayer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Unassigned
Ubuntu oneiric-alpha-3
Oneiric
Fix Released
Critical
Unassigned
Ubuntu oneiric-alpha-3

Bug Description

After installing the most recent gecko-mediaplayer update for Oneiric x64, all the browsers on my system (Firefox, Chromium, and Konqueror) have begun to crash immediately within a few seconds of starting them. When run on the command line, I see the following error message:

GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'apps.gecko-mediaplayer.preferences' is not installed

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Michael Marley (mamarley)
description: updated
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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote :

It also prevents thunderbird from starting.

Workaround: Uninstall gecko-mediaplayer for the time being.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Urgh, not cool. Also makes Thunderbird crash on start

Changed in gecko-mediaplayer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
milestone: none → oneiric-alpha-3
status: New → Triaged
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

I've taken the sledge-hammer approach and disabled gsettings support. Someone else will have to create a schema file if they want to re-enable it

Changed in gecko-mediaplayer (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gecko-mediaplayer - 1.0.4-0ubuntu2

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gecko-mediaplayer (1.0.4-0ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Add patch to not automatically enable gsettings support when glib is
    new enough and gconf is disabled. This needs a schema file installing to
    make everything loading it not crash on startup (which doesn't seem to be
    provided). Works around startup crash affecting every browser and
    Thunderbird (LP: #812053). Note, this is a sledgehammer approach to stop
    everything from crashing. Someone needs to create a schema file if they
    want gsettings support enabled
    - add debian/patches/force-no-gsettings.patch
    - add debian/patches/series
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:12:46 +0100

Changed in gecko-mediaplayer (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Kevin DeKorte (kdekorte-gmail) wrote :

Chris,

That is the wrong solution.. the schemas are included in the gnome-mplayer package, which you need for gecko-mediaplayer to function. Without gnome-mplayer, gecko-mediaplayer will not work.

Kevin

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote :

As I have observed the bug, gnome-mplayer was installed on my machine.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Kevin - where are the schemas? I only found gconf schemas (and the previous version had no gsettings support, and gconf was disabled too)

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Julien Lavergne (gilir) wrote :

Chris, the gsettings schemas is in the last upload of gnome-mplayer (not gecko-mediaplayer) on oneiric. I will remove the patch and set the correct depends on gnome-mplayer, it should work normaly.

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zasq (zasq) wrote :

Wow, purging gecko-mediaplayer and gnome-mplayer and reinstalling them after a reboot finally stopped crashing firefox, chromium and thunderbird after upgrading to oneiric! Thanks for the hint. For some reason the updating didn't work automatically with dist-upgrade (I suppose)...

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