Gproftpd eats 100% CPU when launched, blank menu

[Austin English]

Binary package hint: gproftpd

I'm about to go on a vacation, and before leaving, was checking our ftp/fileserver for any problems and showing my coworker how to administrate some things. When testing gproftpd, I found that it's eating 100% of cpu, and never drawing it's screen. I'm not sure what's changed between now and when it last worked. The box is an old dual cpu pentium 3, running xubuntu feisty. Proftpd works fine, just can't do any GUI configuration. Firefox/etc., are not eating crazy amounts of cpu, so not sure what to investigate first. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Found a similar report here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-285995.html

as well as a bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...tpd/+bug/74368

administrator@SERVER1:/home/administrator$ sudo gproftpd

** (gproftpd:8922): WARNING **: Couldn't find pixmap file: gproftpd.png

(gproftpd:8922): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

I've tried copying/moving/symlinking /usr/share/icons/gproftpd.png to /usr/share/pixmaps/gproftpd.png, but it makes no difference.

austin@SERVER1:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 7.04
Release: 7.04

gproftpd 8.2.8-2ubuntu1
proftpd 1.3.0-21ubuntu1

The server itself is running fine. I simply can't administrate over a GUI, having to use mousepad instead.

[Austin English (austinenglish)]

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[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Since Ubuntu 7.04 reached End Of Life (EOF) in October 2008, is this still a problem for you? Have you upgraded your server to Hardy Heron 8.04.1? Version 8.04 Server Edition has a five year lifespan instead of the normal 18 months. Thanks in advance.

[Austin English (austinenglish)]

Still present in Hardy.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!