PDFChain Segmentation Fault error on start

[florin]

Error on starting pdfchain in Ubuntu 17.04 with error Segmentation fault (core dumped).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: pdfchain 1:0.4.4.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Mon Apr 24 14:42:02 2017
SourcePackage: pdfchain
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jacek Misiurewicz (jmisiure)]

Maybe it helps:

Reading symbols from /usr/bin/pdfchain...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/pdfchain
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffea2ee700 (LWP 14109)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe9aed700 (LWP 14110)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe8ead700 (LWP 14111)]

PDF Chain 0.4.4.2 - A graphical user interface for the PDF Toolkit

[New Thread 0x7fffdb5a2700 (LWP 14113)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdada1700 (LWP 14114)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd95e8700 (LWP 14115)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd88f9700 (LWP 14117)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd2582700 (LWP 14118)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd1d81700 (LWP 14119)]

Thread 1 "pdfchain" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff4adb360 in g_slist_find ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
(gdb) info stack
#0 0x00007ffff4adb360 in g_slist_find ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1 0x00007ffff5575a5b in gtk_radio_button_set_group ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff79e3552 in Gtk::RadioButton::set_group(Gtk::RadioButtonGroup&)
    () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1
#3 0x00007ffff7a60447 in Gtk::RadioButtonGroup::add(Gtk::RadioButton&) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1
#4 0x00007ffff79e306a in Gtk::RadioButton::RadioButton(Gtk::RadioButtonGroup&, Glib::ustring const&, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1
#5 0x00005555555f86a2 in ?? ()
#6 0x000055555560bcc1 in ?? ()
#7 0x000055555560dd3a in ?? ()
#8 0x00005555555d492a in ?? ()
#9 0x00007ffff606e3f1 in __libc_start_main (main=0x5555555d4880, argc=1,
    argv=0x7fffffffdf18, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>,
    rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffffffdf08)
    at ../csu/libc-start.c:291
#10 0x00005555555d49ba in ?? ()
(gdb)

[Carlos Maddela (e7appew)]

This is related to Debian Bug #725859, for which I have forwarded a patch. I have attached it here as well, in case you would like to release a fix before Debian does.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "fix_crash_on_startup.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[florin (florin-arjocu)]

Is there something we can do on our devices to fix this until there is a general fix? Thanks!

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

https://launchpad.net/~wdaniau/+archive/ubuntu/custom/+packages has a fixed package with the patch applied.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package pdfchain - 1:0.4.4.2-2

---------------
pdfchain (1:0.4.4.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix crash at startup. (Closes: #725859, LP: #1685778)
  * Set Vcs-* to salsa.debian.org.
  * Add pdftk-java as alternative dependency. (Closes: #946058)
  * Update year in copyright.
  * Remove MimeType from .desktop file (lintian warning).

 -- Johann Felix Soden <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:16:27 +0200