Bug 409975 – network-admin segfaults on startup

After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.

Bug 409975 - network-admin segfaults on startup


Summary:	network-admin segfaults on startup


Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 422969

Product:	gnome-system-tools
Classification:	Deprecated
Component:	network-admin
Version:	2.17.x
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal critical
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Carlos Garnacho
QA Contact:	Carlos Garnacho

URL:
Whiteboard:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2007-02-20 11:10 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified:	2007-04-09 00:52 UTC

See Also:
GNOME target:	---
GNOME version:	2.17/2.18

Attachments
Unmodified network-admin-locations file (1.05 KB, text/plain) 2007-02-22 13:54 UTC, brett.bieber	Details
contents of /root/.gnome2/network-admin-locations (617 bytes, application/x-bzip) 2007-03-04 14:05 UTC, Martin Jürgens	Details

Description Sebastien Bacher 2007-02-20 11:10:26 UTC

That bug has been opened on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/86357

"Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools

Network admin crashes when starting with current feisty. Ugh. It's me again with my bcm43xx network card. This bug did not look like any other for network-admin.. sorry if it's a duplicate.

$ sudo network-admin
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
...
http://librarian.launchpad.net/6476816/valgrind-logs-network-admin.tar.gz
valgrind log with gnome-system-tools-dbgsym

valgrind log generated with:

sudo valgrind -v --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --num-callers=12 --log-file=valgrind.log network-admin
tar -zcf valgrind-logs-network-admin.tar.gz valgrind.log.*
...
http://librarian.launchpad.net/6477785/network-admin.txt
(gdb) thread apply all bt full

Backtrace from gdb with thread apply all bt full.
...
(gdb) thread apply all bt full

+ Trace 112276

Thread 1 (Thread -1226389824 (LWP 22804))

#0 migrate_old_parameters
at network-locations.c line 483
#1 compare_interfaces_list
at network-locations.c line 499
#2 gst_network_locations_get_current
at network-locations.c line 565
#3 select_matching_profile
at locations-combo.c line 304
#4 gst_locations_combo_constructor
at locations-combo.c line 505
#5 g_object_newv
from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#6 g_object_new_valist
from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#7 g_object_new
from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#8 gst_locations_combo_new
at locations-combo.c line 547
#9 gst_network_tool_constructor
at network-tool.c line 206
#10 g_object_newv
from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0

Comment 1 brett.bieber 2007-02-22 13:54:53 UTC

Created attachment 83101 [details]
Unmodified network-admin-locations file

I have not modified any profiles by hand.
Here's the only profile I have -- 'Docked'  related to this crash.

Comment 2 Sebastien Bacher 2007-02-22 23:18:38 UTC

other Ubuntu bug about that: https://beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/87166

Comment 3 Martin Jürgens 2007-03-04 14:04:01 UTC

Also happens to me ( I am the one from the duplicate ).

I am going to attach the contents of /root/.gnome2/network-admin-locations

Comment 4 Martin Jürgens 2007-03-04 14:05:37 UTC

Created attachment 83888 [details]
contents of /root/.gnome2/network-admin-locations

Comment 5 Martin Jürgens 2007-03-04 14:06:43 UTC

Removing /root/.gnome2/network-admin-locations solved the issue for me..

Comment 6 Carlos Garnacho 2007-04-09 00:52:30 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 422969 ***