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libglib 2.29.16-0ubuntu1 breaks desktop session - downgrade fixes

Bug #827753 reported by Jono Bacon
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Chris Halse Rogers

Bug Description

Today's update of libglib(bin/dev) 2.29.16-0ubuntu1 breaks the desktop session from loading which then terminates X. Downgrading to the packages from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.29.14-0ubuntu1/+build/2644912 (i386) or https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.29.14-0ubuntu1/+build/2644910 (AMD64) resolves the problem.

Sarvatt figured this one out and likely knows more about the specific issue.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/oneiric/glib2.0
Jono Bacon (jonobacon)
Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Robert Hooker (sarvatt)
Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
importance: Undecided → Critical
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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote :

Odd. I've got

libglib2.0-0:
  Installed: 2.29.16-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.29.16-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.29.16-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

libglib2.0-bin:
  Installed: 2.29.16-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.29.16-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.29.16-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

libglib2.0-dev:
  Installed: 2.29.16-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.29.16-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.29.16-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

and have happily restarted back into a perfectly working session.

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote :

Aha! libzeitgeist-gio appears to be the culprit. It was removed in Natty in bug #724199, so my freshly installed system doesn't have it, and my upgraded system does (or did).

There's still a glib bug here in that libglib2.0 has broken ABI without sufficient packaging metadata changes.

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

I confirm that rebooting here works just fine.

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

Yep that is indeed the problem, purging libzeitgeist-gio and updating again works.

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tista (tista) wrote :

Hey thanks!! :-)

the workaround #4 works for me!!

Chris Halse Rogers (raof)
Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → Chris Halse Rogers (raof)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package glib2.0 - 2.29.16-0ubuntu2

---------------
glib2.0 (2.29.16-0ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Add Conflicts: against libzeitgeist-gio. This package was removed in the
    Natty cycle, but upgraders might still have it installed. It used the
    API added in the now-dropped 71_gio_launch_handler patch, and so now breaks
    anything using glib. (LP: #827753)
 -- Christopher James Halse Rogers <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:32:41 +1000

Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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