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gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_shell_unquote()

Bug #947033 reported by write2mahe
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
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Bug Description

when I upgrade 11.10 to 12.04, I have been asked to restart the computer in order to complete the upgrade.
I did the same and when I restarted my computer, I got this error message.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.2.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 5 15:22:19 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb6c019c2 <g_sequence_sort_changed+46>: sbb %cl,-0x6ff81410(%ecx)
 PC (0xb6c019c2) ok
 source "%cl" ok
 destination "-0x6ff81410(%ecx)" (0x9007ebf3) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_sequence_sort_changed () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_mapped_file_get_contents () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_sequence_set () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0
ThreadStacktrace: Cannot find new threads: generic error
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_sequence_sort_changed()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-05 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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write2mahe (write2mahe) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 g_shell_unquote (quoted_string=0x18 <Address 0x18 out of bounds>, error=0x0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.18/./glib/gshell.c:302
 tokenize_command_line (error=0xb6b83400, command_line=0x88c6ba0 "\360\241\312\266\240\246\312\266\260\257\312\266") at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.18/./glib/gshell.c:563
 g_shell_parse_argv (command_line=0x88c6ba0 "\360\241\312\266\240\246\312\266\260\257\312\266", argcp=0xad70018, argvp=0x9a462c0, error=0xb6b83400) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.18/./glib/gshell.c:630
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
ThreadStacktrace: Cannot find new threads: generic error

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_sequence_sort_changed()
+ gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_shell_unquote()
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
visibility: private → public
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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS reached End of Life in April. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and re-test. If the bug is still reproducible, increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

I apologize that we are not always to respond to bug reports promptly. Do feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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