cupsd assert failure: cupsd: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c:368: __spawnix: Assertion `ec >= 0' failed.

[uklas]

1. Error: Package/cups-daemon2.2.4-7 (mutilated)
2. compiz-core/tmp/apport_core_q_vnqis (corrupted)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: cups-daemon 2.2.4-7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: cupsd: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c:368: __spawnix: Assertion `ec >= 0' failed.
Date: Fri Sep 22 22:16:18 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/cupsd
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-27 (118 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20161008)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Papersize: a4
ProcAttrCurrent: /usr/sbin/cupsd (enforce)
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-11-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=el_GR.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-11-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: cups
Title: cupsd assert failure: cupsd: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c:368: __spawnix: Assertion `ec >= 0' failed.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 10/23/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0503
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: H110M-K D3
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0503:bd10/23/2015:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH110M-KD3:rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[uklas (uklasius)]

Let's go on

[uklas (uklasius)]

Only for this i am sure: I need your assistance, because simply i don't know how to fix all this disaster - bugs._Regards

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Reported problem to CUPS upstream: https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5127

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Got the answer from CUPS upstream and it seems to be a glibc bug:

"OK, looking at the glibc code, the only way we hit this assert is if args.err is not getting set by the child process. But I can't see how that would happen since __spawni_child always sets a value 0 or errno.

Right now this doesn't look like us..."

Adding glibc task ...

[uklas (uklasius)]

Can't receive updates - can't renew the GNOME software box
GNOME & ubuntu desktops are out of function.
Still trying _ Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Florian Weimer (fweimer)]

I filed a glibc bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22273

However, I do not know if that bug is the root cause of the issue reported here.

[Jorge Aníbal Saucedo (saucedo212)]

I dont know what happend

[Agostinho (amp203)]

This problem is becoming constant.
How should I proceed.

[Ferdaus (ferdausalamin)]

I have something to report almost everyday via the system since eI'd upgraded to 17.10, but I am not very much sure what they are. I submit these problem/bug report in the hope that it will help the system/ OS Engineers/ Programmers to rectify these bugs

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

it was fixed in that commit
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=fe05e1cb

Would be nice to SRU to 17.10

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

How about fixing this in 18.04?

[miskol (xlazom00)]

We can't debootstrap arm image from x64
And it is fixed in glibc anyway
fix should be backported to 17.10 too

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

17.10 is EOL and this is fixed in 18.04 and up.