cupsd crashed with SIGABRT in __assert_fail_base()

[Jason Warner]

tried to print on 12.10 and got this error

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-8.8-generic 3.5.0
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 9 17:13:00 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/cupsd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110919)
Lpstat: device for psc-2400-series: dnssd://hp2410%20%40%20idub._ipp._tcp.local/cups
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b217 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP)
MachineType: LENOVO 4286CTO
Papersize: a4
ProcAttrCurrent: /usr/sbin/cupsd (enforce)
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/cupsd -F
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 TERM=linux
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-8-generic root=UUID=705894e9-4493-41b0-8b0a-26944457902d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: cups
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3
Title: cupsd crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-23 (17 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET56WW (1.26 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4286CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET56WW(1.26):bd12/01/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4286CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4286CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4286CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2012-08-09T17:12:59.866966

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __assert_fail_base (fmt=<optimized out>, assertion=0x7f5748171fe6 "*_head == _item", file=0x7f5748171fb8 "simple-watch.c", line=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>) at assert.c:94
 __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x7f5748171fe6 "*_head == _item", file=0x7f5748171fb8 "simple-watch.c", line=299, function=0x7f57481721f0 "destroy_timeout") at assert.c:103
 ?? () from /tmp/tmpAeW8UV/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3
 avahi_simple_poll_prepare () from /tmp/tmpAeW8UV/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3
 avahi_simple_poll_iterate () from /tmp/tmpAeW8UV/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

I cannot reproduce this bug.

Do you have avahi-daemon running? Does avahi-daemon take 100% CPU?

Please run the command

cupsctl LogLevel=debug2

and try to reproduce the problem. As soon as it occurs again, attach your error_log to this bug report.

See "CUPS error_log" on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems for how to handle your error_log.

If the avahi-daemon is not running, start it ("sudo start avahi-daemon"). Does the problem go away then?

If the avahi-daemon takes 100% CPU, restart it ("sudo stop avahi-daemon; sudo start avahi-daemon"). Does the problem go away then?

[Cliff Carson (ccarson1)]

Hit this crash sometime during apt-get upgrade. The avahi-daemon was running but not taking 100%. Set LogLevel=debug2 and attempted a print operation, no failure.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

There were several fixes for crash bugs applied to CUPS recently, can you update your system (cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu10) and see whether the crash goes away?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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