GNOME Software crashed notifying bad install, app installed fine

Bug #1551834 reported by Jorge Jimenez
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This bug affects 21 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-software (Ubuntu)
Expired
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Happened to me twice today, gnome-software notifies a crash, then it crashes itself.

Apps install fine.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-software 3.19.91~git20160229.ceb6b9d-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-8.23-generic 4.4.2
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Mar 1 17:20:34 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-28 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160226)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fd7b96fd7e5 <g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a+5>: mov (%rdi),%rax
 PC (0x7fd7b96fd7e5) ok
 source "(%rdi)" (0x2000000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rax" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-software
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_object_ref () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 gs_plugin_progress_update ()
 ?? () from /usr/lib/gs-plugins-8/libgs_plugin_apt.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-software crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Jorge Jimenez (jorgejl) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a () from /tmp/apport_sandbox_6JYpnt/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_object_ref () from /tmp/apport_sandbox_6JYpnt/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 gs_plugin_progress_update (plugin=0x0, app=0x2000000000, percentage=11) at gs-plugin.c:324
 transaction_property_changed_cb (connection=<optimized out>, sender_name=<optimized out>, object_path=<optimized out>, interface_name=<optimized out>, signal_name=<optimized out>, parameters=<optimized out>, user_data=0x7fd787ffe9b0) at gs-plugin-apt.c:556
 emit_signal_instance_in_idle_cb () from /tmp/apport_sandbox_6JYpnt/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : StacktraceSource.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
information type: Private → Public
summary: - software center crashed notifying bad install, it installed fine
+ GNOME Software crashed notifying bad install, it installed fine
description: updated
summary: - GNOME Software crashed notifying bad install, it installed fine
+ GNOME Software crashed notifying bad install, app installed fine
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
tags: added: yakkety
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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

Does this still occur?

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for gnome-software (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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