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Bug 97526 - gnome-window-properties segfaults on startup
gnome-window-properties segfaults on startup
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 97165
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] Window preferences
2.1.x
Other other
: High critical
: ---
Assigned To: Seth Nickell
Seth Nickell
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-11-03 03:13 UTC by Ka-Hing Cheung
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.1/2.2


Description Ka-Hing Cheung 2002-11-03 03:11:38 UTC 
Package: control-center
Severity: major
Version: 2.1.1
Synopsis: gnome-window-properties segfaults on startup
Bugzilla-Product: control-center
Bugzilla-Component: Window preferences
BugBuddy-GnomeVersion: 2.0 (2.1.1)

Description:
Description of Problem:
not able to run gnome-window-properties

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. run gnome-window-properties
2. 
3. 

Actual Results:
it segfaults

Expected Results:
let me set some preference? never get to the point to see what's there

How often does this happen?
everytime

Additional Information:




Debugging Information:

Backtrace was generated from '/opt/bin/gnome-window-properties'

[New Thread 16384 (LWP 16003)]
0x40b502e9 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6

+ Trace 29789

Thread 1 (Thread 16384 (LWP 16003))

  • #0 wait4
    from /lib/libc.so.6
  • #1 sys_sigabbrev
    from /lib/libc.so.6
  • #2 waitpid
    from /lib/libpthread.so.0
  • #3 libgnomeui_segv_handle
    at gnome-ui-init.c line 646
  • #4 __pthread_sighandler
    from /lib/libpthread.so.0
  • #5 sigaction
    from /lib/libc.so.6
  • #6 gnome_wm_manager_same_wm
    at gnome-wm-manager.c line 99
  • #7 main
    at gnome-window-properties.c line 122
  • #0 wait4
    from /lib/libc.so.6 




------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2002-11-02 22:11 -------

The original reporter (javabsp@javabsp.org) of this bug does not have an account here.
Reassigning to the exporter, unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org.
Reassigning to the default owner of the component, snickell@stanford.edu.
Comment 1 Andrew Sobala 2002-11-03 15:34:51 UTC 
Brand new trace
Comment 2 Andrew Sobala 2002-11-03 15:37:10 UTC 
I tell a lie

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 97165 ***