GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 702095
System crash when typing a long string in empathy
Last modified: 2013-06-26 13:37:31 UTC
User can notice that writing a big string in empathy will crash the system. Steps : 1. Boot System 2. Have a fresh user that never started empathy 3. Start Empathy 4. Wait for the window called "Empathy accounts" to appear 5. Fill random data in "First name", "Last Name" and "Nickname" 6. Click "Connect" button 7. Click on "People Nearby" to edit it's name 8. Type a very long string (255+ characters) 9. Press ENTER 10. Observe the crash and the "log out" Expected outcome Limited string and system does not crash Actual outcome Unlimited string and system crash
Created attachment 247812 [details] [review] AccountsDialog: Ellipsize/Truncate account dispaly name This fix gnome-shell crash if the name is too big, because it makes the window huge.
Review of attachment 247812 [details] [review]: ++ but please split the patch. The one changing strings can only be merged to master while the other can be merged to 3.8
done.