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Bug 548247 - gnome-session-splash crashed with SIGSEGV in susernamerlen()
gnome-session-splash crashed with SIGSEGV in susernamerlen()
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-session
Classification: Core
Component: gnome-session
2.23.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Session Maintainers
Session Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-08-18 09:29 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2017-11-15 17:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Sebastien Bacher 2008-08-18 09:29:23 UTC 
the bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/258415

"gnome-session 2.23.6-0ubuntu2

+ Trace 205299

  • #0 strlen
    from /lib/libc.so.6
  • #1 gsm_splash_window_start
    at splash-window.c line 487
  • #2 dispatch_event_foreach
    at sn-monitor.c line 494
  • #3 sn_list_foreach
    at sn-list.c line 157
  • #4 do_xmessage_event_foreach
    at sn-monitor.c line 587
  • #5 sn_list_foreach
    at sn-list.c line 157
  • #6 xmessage_func
    at sn-monitor.c line 900
  • #7 dispatch_message_foreach
    at sn-xmessages.c line 400
  • #8 sn_list_foreach
    at sn-list.c line 157
  • #9 sn_internal_xmessage_process_event
    at sn-xmessages.c line 452
  • #10 sn_display_process_event
    at sn-common.c line 180
  • #11 filter_func
    at gnome-session-splash.c line 161
  • #12 gdk_event_translate
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.13.6/gdk/x11/gdkevents-x11.c line 349
  • #13 _gdk_events_queue
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.13.6/gdk/x11/gdkevents-x11.c line 2299
  • #14 gdk_event_dispatch
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.13.6/gdk/x11/gdkevents-x11.c line 2359
  • #15 IA__g_main_context_dispatch
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.6/glib/gmain.c line 2072
  • #16 g_main_context_iterate
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.6/glib/gmain.c line 2705
  • #17 IA__g_main_loop_run
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.6/glib/gmain.c line 2928
  • #18 IA__gtk_main
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.13.6/gtk/gtkmain.c line 1172
  • #19 main
    at gnome-session-splash.c line 297 






Comment 1


William Jon McCann





          2008-08-19 00:34:29 UTC
        



Yeah, looks like it is assuming that the app name is not NULL.  The splash screen is pretty broken.  It is turned off by default.  Hopefully someone who has an interest in it will fix it up.






Comment 2


Bastien Nocera





          2017-11-15 17:14:50 UTC
        



Splash screen was removed in 2010 (commit cda5b398f5c4043923d2c7a784e2294ae96a2079), closing.