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Bug 787111 - gnome-boxes fails to start (segmentation fault)
gnome-boxes fails to start (segmentation fault)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-boxes
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.24.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: --
Assigned To: GNOME Boxes maintainer(s)
GNOME Boxes maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-08-31 23:12 UTC by Krzysztof Setlak
Modified: 2017-12-04 22:05 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
gnome-boxes --checks output (489 bytes, text/plain)
2017-08-31 23:12 UTC, Krzysztof Setlak 		Details
OS release info (305 bytes, text/plain)
2017-08-31 23:13 UTC, Krzysztof Setlak 		Details

Description Krzysztof Setlak 2017-08-31 23:12:47 UTC 
Created attachment 358900 [details]
gnome-boxes --checks output

This bug is possibly a duplicate of:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710947

Trying to run gnome-boxes results in:

gnome-boxes 

** (gnome-boxes:7731): WARNING **: Entity http://suse.com/sles/12.4 referenced but not defined

** (gnome-boxes:7731): WARNING **: Entity http://suse.com/sled/12.4 referenced but not defined

(gnome-boxes:7731): Libvirt.GObject-CRITICAL **: gvir_storage_vol_get_info: assertion 'GVIR_IS_STORAGE_VOL(vol)' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Comment 1 Krzysztof Setlak 2017-08-31 23:13:47 UTC 
Created attachment 358901 [details]
OS release info
Comment 2 Evgeny Badin 2017-09-12 20:41:46 UTC 
Any workaround?
I tried following this [0] instructions to no avail

[0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-boxes/+bug/1245086/comments/2
Comment 3 Krzysztof Setlak 2017-09-12 21:59:00 UTC 
This single command works for me:

virsh undefine boxes-unknown
Comment 4 Evgeny Badin 2017-09-12 22:00:23 UTC 
Thank you!
Comment 5 baikalink 2017-12-04 21:43:27 UTC 
I am using gnome-boxes 3.26.2 on Arch Linux and this problem is now solved for me.
Thank you for your work.
Comment 6 Krzysztof Setlak 2017-12-04 22:05:29 UTC 
I too am unable to reproduce the bug, therefore we must assume it no longer exists.