[apport] gnome-terminal crashed with SIGSEGV in vte_terminal_draw_graphic()

Bug #85956 reported by Christopher Foo
36
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Gnome Virtual Terminal Emulator
Fix Released
Critical
vte (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

Steps that seem to cause it
1. Open gnome-terminal
2. Run aptitude
3. Go to Mouse Preferences
4. Enable Locate Pointer function
5. Move pointer over gnome-terminal window
6. Press CTRL+T to open an aptitude menu
7. Press CTRL key

ProblemType: Crash
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Feb 17 23:37:17 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.17.91-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: gnome-terminal
ProcCwd: /home/christopher
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libvte.so.9
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 XRenderFillRectangle () from /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1
Uname: Linux chris-3 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy lpadmin plugdev scanner tape video

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Christopher Foo (chris.foo) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409241

Changed in gnome-terminal:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

fixed to upstream SVN now

Changed in vte:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in vte:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

 vte (1:0.15.4-0ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release:
     - Fixes Bug "Yet another mouse selection regression...",
     - Fixes Bug "Orca repeats old text in gnome-terminal",
     - Fixes Bug "Slow content scrolling, takes 100% of CPU.",
     - Fixes Bug "Poor interactive performance with multiple terminals",
     - Fixes Bug "slow highlight",
     - Fixes Bug "SVN trunk compilation error",
     - Fixes Bug "Fails to build with -z defs"
     - Fixes Bug "slider not correctly positioned after calling less" (LP:
       #87024)
     - Fixes Bug "Poor interactive performance with multiple terminals",
     - Fixes Bug "First line displayed incorrectly if prompt changes background
       color",
     - Fixes Bug "gnome-terminal not parsing cursor position escape sequence
       properly",
     - Fixes Bug "Terminal stays blank" (LP: #85437),
     - Fixes Bug "gnome-terminal crashed with SIGSEGV in
       vte_terminal_draw_graphic()" (LP: #85956),
     - Fixes Bug '"GNOME" Terminal" regression after "vte" update when using
       "csh"',
     - Fixes Bug "trouble compiling vte 0.15.3",
     - Fixes Bug "vte automagic hyperlinks",
     - Fixes Bug "Use of environ breaks build on Solaris",
     - Fixes Bug "regression in mouse selection".
   * debian/patches/01_fix_scrolling.patch:
     - dropped, fixed upstream.
   * debian/patches/01-from-svn-fix-412562.patch:
     - Fixup a few 64bit-isms, notably format strings and an undesired
       unsigned integer promotion causing this crash.

Changed in vte:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in vte:
importance: Unknown → Critical
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