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Bug 105964 - Gnome Terminal crashes when I try 'man chkconfig' otherwise mostly ok
Gnome Terminal crashes when I try 'man chkconfig' otherwise mostly ok
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 104781
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Havoc Pennington
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-02-13 09:59 UTC by Simon Tremlett
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0



Description Simon Tremlett 2003-02-13 09:59:57 UTC
Description of Problem:
generally gnome terminal works ok, but I noticed
recently (I have been using Linux for 4 days now)
that when I try to man chkconfig from root, I get
the Segmentation fault error

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. open terminal as root
2. # man config
3. Voila!

Actual Results:
hangs for a few seconds with cursor at bottom left
of window then gives segmentation error

Expected Results:
should show man chkconfig

How often does this happen? 

every time
Additional Information:

window size does not affect behaviour
Comment 1 John Fleck 2003-02-13 14:12:35 UTC
We need to know what version of gnome-terminal this is. Also, a stack
trace would be an important help in tracking down the problem.
Comment 2 Elijah Newren 2003-02-13 22:09:11 UTC
Marking needinfo, as per John's comments.

Simon: You can get a stack trace by installing bug-buddy (should be on
the installation CDs from which you installed linux) and then getting
the crash to happen again.  If that doesn't work, or you want a
different way to get a stack trace, you can follow the directions at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/getting-traces.cgi.
Comment 3 Simon Tremlett 2003-02-19 09:42:46 UTC
I thought I'd eliminate the obvious, and re-installed RH8.0 from the
CD's again.
still same error.
Gnome terminal is V 2.0.1 default install from CD on a Celeron
400/Gigabyte LX chipset.

just looking for the stack trace thing now
ok, this is a wierd one... If I have a terminal open and try 'man
chkconfig' it crashes.
If I have a second terminal open with gdb running, the first one won't
crash, then if I quit gdb, the man chkconfig works ok in that terminal
window also.
If I then close all the terminals, and open a new one, the bug is once
again reproducible.
Comment 4 Simon Tremlett 2003-02-19 10:30:11 UTC
ok, got bug-buddy going :))
back trace as follows...
Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/gnome-terminal'

(no debugging symbols found)...[New Thread 8192 (LWP 1124)]
0x420ae169 in wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
  • #0 wait4
    from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
  • #1 __DTOR_END__
    from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
  • #2 waitpid
    from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0
  • #3 libgnomeui_module_info_get
    from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
  • #4 __pthread_sighandler
    from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0
  • #5 <signal handler called>
  • #6 _XftSmoothGlyphGray565
    from /usr/lib/libXft.so.2
  • #7 XftGlyphSpecCore
    from /usr/lib/libXft.so.2
  • #8 XftDrawGlyphSpec
    from /usr/lib/libXft.so.2
  • #9 XftDrawCharSpec
    from /usr/lib/libXft.so.2
  • #10 vte_terminal_draw_cells
    from /usr/lib/libvte.so.2
  • #11 vte_terminal_draw_row
    from /usr/lib/libvte.so.2
  • #12 vte_terminal_paint
    from /usr/lib/libvte.so.2
  • #13 vte_terminal_expose
    from /usr/lib/libvte.so.2
  • #14 _gtk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXED
    from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • #15 g_type_class_meta_marshal
    from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
  • #16 g_closure_invoke
    from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
  • #17 signal_emit_unlocked_R
    from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
  • #18 g_signal_emit_valist
    from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
  • #19 gtk_signal_emit
    from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • #20 gtk_widget_event_internal
    from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • #21 gtk_main_do_event
    from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • #22 gdk_window_process_updates_internal
    from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • #23 gdk_window_process_all_updates
    from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • #24 gdk_window_update_idle
    from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • #25 g_idle_dispatch
    from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
  • #26 g_main_dispatch
    from /u

Comment 5 Elijah Newren 2003-02-19 15:13:54 UTC
Reopening to mark as a duplicate of bug 104781...
Comment 6 Elijah Newren 2003-02-19 15:14:10 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 104781 ***