Bug 734326 – random crash (SIGSEGV)

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Bug 734326 - random crash (SIGSEGV)


Summary:	random crash (SIGSEGV)


Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Product:	gnome-shell
Classification:	Core
Component:	general
Version:	3.12.x
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal critical
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gnome-shell-maint
QA Contact:	gnome-shell-maint

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Reported:	2014-08-06 04:22 UTC by Paul Wise
Modified:	2014-08-06 14:01 UTC

See Also:
GNOME target:	---
GNOME version:	3.11/3.12

Description Paul Wise 2014-08-06 04:22:15 UTC

I got a random crash, core dump below and some analysis in this post in the Debian bug tracker:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756197#27

gdb -batch -n -ex bt -ex 'thread apply all bt full' --core /var/crash/1000/22484-1000-1000-11-1407298395-chianamo--usr-bin-gnome-shell.core /usr/bin/gnome-shell
[New LWP 22484]
[New LWP 26416]
[New LWP 26418]
[New LWP 26423]
[New LWP 26415]
[New LWP 26414]
[New LWP 26417]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `/usr/bin/gnome-shell'.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

+ Trace 233931

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffe279a4a80 (LWP 22484))

#0 cached_dir_ref
at /tmp/buildd/gnome-menus-3.10.1/./libmenu/entry-directories.c line 171
#1 cached_dir_add_reference
at /tmp/buildd/gnome-menus-3.10.1/./libmenu/entry-directories.c line 738
#2 cached_dir_queue_monitor_event
at /tmp/buildd/gnome-menus-3.10.1/./libmenu/entry-directories.c line 506
#3 invoke_notifies
at /tmp/buildd/gnome-menus-3.10.1/./libmenu/menu-monitor.c line 85
#4 emit_events_in_idle
at /tmp/buildd/gnome-menus-3.10.1/./libmenu/menu-monitor.c line 122
#5 g_main_dispatch
at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c line 3064
#6 g_main_context_dispatch
at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c line 3663
#7 g_main_context_iterate
at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c line 3734
#8 g_main_loop_run
at /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./glib/gmain.c line 3928
#9 meta_run
at core/main.c line 566
#10 main
at main.c line 437

Comment 1 André Klapper 2014-08-06 11:21:40 UTC

"gnome-menus-3.10.1"? Is this about gnome-shell or "classic mode"?

Comment 2 Paul Wise 2014-08-06 12:28:16 UTC

I'm running gnome-shell in classic mode.

Comment 3 Jasper St. Pierre (not reading bugmail) 2014-08-06 12:31:42 UTC

This is a bug in old gnome-menus releases. Tell Debian to upgrade to a newer one, where the bug is fixed.

Comment 4 Paul Wise 2014-08-06 12:35:00 UTC

Debian has the latest available gnome-menus release (3.10.1-1) and I am running it, so please release a newer version of gnome-menus so Debian can include it and then I will upgrade.

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-menus/3.10/
https://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/gnome-menus

Comment 5 Jasper St. Pierre (not reading bugmail) 2014-08-06 14:01:44 UTC

Did a release, then:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-August/msg00005.html