gnome-keyboard-properties crashes on change distribution of keyboard

[Vicente Ruiz]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

To reproduce it:

1. Go System->Preferences->Keyboard
2. Go Distribution Tab
3. Click Add
4. Select any county

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 11 13:25:51 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.23.3-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic x86_64

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Confirmed on a up-to-date Intrepid box.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

(gdb) list
242 if ((dpy->flags & XlibDisplayNoXkb) ||
243 (!dpy->xkb_info && !XkbUseExtension(dpy,NULL,NULL)))
244 return BadAccess;
245 LockDisplay(dpy);
246 xkbi = dpy->xkb_info;
247 if (!xkb->names) {
248 xkb->names = _XkbTypedCalloc(1,XkbNamesRec);
249 if (!xkb->names) {
250 UnlockDisplay(dpy);
251 SyncHandle();

Problem is at line 247, trying to deference a NULL pointer.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Seems fixed with latest updates.

[Pablo Angulo (pablo-angulo)]

It's not fixed, this still happens in an up to date intrepid

[Pablo Angulo (pablo-angulo)]

After an update, it doesn't happen any more.
The system was updated at most a few days ago, though.