Bug 337931 – gnome-system-log crash when logout is stalled

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Bug 337931 - gnome-system-log crash when logout is stalled


Summary:	gnome-system-log crash when logout is stalled


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	gnome-utils
Classification:	Deprecated
Component:	logview
Version:	2.14.x
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gnome-utils Maintainers
QA Contact:	gnome-utils Maintainers

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Depends on:
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Reported:	2006-04-10 13:00 UTC by Daniel Holbach
Modified:	2006-11-27 14:13 UTC

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Attachments
initialize variable (402 bytes, patch) 2006-04-10 13:37 UTC, Daniel Holbach	none	Details \| Review

Description Daniel Holbach 2006-04-10 13:00:40 UTC

Forwarded from: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-utils/+bug/32886

Description of the problem:
gnome-system-log presents a GNOME crash dialog when the logout is prevented by gedit.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start gedit .
2. Type a so that the document becomes unsaved.
3. Start gnome-system-log .
4. Go to System -> Log Out [user]...
5. Click Log out .

Expected result:
gedit to pop a dialog saying "Logout without saving, Cancel logout, Save"

Actual result:
gnome-system-log causes a crash dialog to appear and gedit pops up a dialog saying "Logout without saving, Cancel logout, Save"

System:
Dapper flight 3 + updates





This is the debug backtrace:

+ Trace 67556

Thread 1 (Thread 46912580107168 (LWP 29467))

#0 waitpid
from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#1 libgnomeui_module_info_get
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#2 <signal handler called>
#3 save_session_cb
at main.c line 106
#4 gnome_ice_init
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#5 IA__g_closure_invoke
at gclosure.c line 490
#6 signal_emit_unlocked_R
at gsignal.c line 2438
#7 IA__g_signal_emit_valist
at gsignal.c line 2207
#8 IA__g_signal_emit
at gsignal.c line 2241
#9 gnome_client_get_config_prefix
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#10 _SmcProcessMessage
from /usr/lib/libSM.so.6
#11 IceProcessMessages
at ../../src/process.c line 344
#12 gnome_href_set_label
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#13 IA__g_main_context_dispatch
at gmain.c line 1916
#14 g_main_context_iterate
at gmain.c line 2547
#15 IA__g_main_loop_run
at gmain.c line 2751
#16 IA__gtk_main
at gtkmain.c line 1024
#17 main
at main.c line 203


Funnily enough it works with optimization disabled.

Comment 1 Daniel Holbach 2006-04-10 13:36:33 UTC

Gary Coady <gary@lyranthe.org> came up with an idea for a patch, attaching.

Comment 2 Daniel Holbach 2006-04-10 13:37:55 UTC

Created attachment 63113 [details] [review]
initialize variable

Comment 3 Vincent Noel 2006-04-11 09:11:55 UTC

If that's all is required to fix the crash, please commit !
Thanks a lot.

Comment 4 Daniel Holbach 2006-11-27 14:13:12 UTC

Was fixed some time ago. Closing the bug.