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Bug 630168 - empathy-accounts assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/empathy-accounts: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0809d5b6 ***
empathy-accounts assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/empathy-acco...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: General
2.31.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-09-20 14:56 UTC by Brian Curtis
Modified: 2011-08-29 10:12 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Thread Stack Trace (retrace from LP) (5.54 KB, text/plain)
2010-09-20 14:57 UTC, Brian Curtis 		  Details
Stack Trace (retrace from LP) (4.64 KB, text/plain)
2010-09-20 14:58 UTC, Brian Curtis 		  Details
http://git.Collabora.co.uk/?p=user/cassidy/empathy;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/accounts-crash-630168 (541 bytes, patch)
2010-09-20 15:40 UTC, Guillaume Desmottes 		none Details | Review

Description Brian Curtis 2010-09-20 14:56:45 UTC 
From Ubuntu https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/638270

Was just trying to set-up my broadcast accounts, (other app running in background was update mamanger which might explain crash)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.31.92-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/empathy-accounts: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0809d5b6 ***
Date: Tue Sep 14 18:28:35 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy-accounts
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/empathy-accounts --if-needed
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: empathy
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
Title: empathy-accounts assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/empathy-accounts: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0809d5b6 ***
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
Comment 1 Brian Curtis 2010-09-20 14:57:26 UTC 
Created attachment 170667 [details]
Thread Stack Trace (retrace from LP)
Comment 2 Brian Curtis 2010-09-20 14:58:01 UTC 
Created attachment 170668 [details]
Stack Trace (retrace from LP)
Comment 3 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-09-20 15:12:20 UTC 
I managed to reproduce this crash:
- Try to create a gtalk account
- Fill the user and password fields
- Hit the "Cancel" button
- CRASH
Comment 4 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-09-20 15:40:43 UTC 
Created attachment 170674 [details] [review]
http://git.Collabora.co.uk/?p=user/cassidy/empathy;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/accounts-crash-630168

 libempathy/empathy-account-settings.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
Comment 5 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-09-20 15:47:12 UTC 
Reviewed by Philip on IRC. Will merge to 2.30 once I have the approval of the RT.
Comment 6 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-09-21 07:11:07 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.