xsane crashed on opening setup

[David Fourer]

Binary package hint: xsane

Choose preferences>setup. All xsane windows close instantly, no error message, no effect on other applications running. Same thing happens when trying to set scan resolution in the main window.
 xsane 0.995-3ubuntu2 from the main ubuntu repository
Ubuntu v8.10 , kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
Gnome 2-24-1
mem 1001.2 MiB
processor Intel Celeron 1.40 GHz
Computer Dell Inspiron 6000

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xsane
Package: xsane 0.995-3ubuntu2
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: xsane
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: xsane
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID ()
 g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
Title: xsane crashed with SIGSEGV in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy lp lpadmin plugdev scanner tape video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:xsane_setup_dialog (widget=0x9187520, data=0x0)
g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID ()
g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0

[Russell Wing (wingfamily)]

Running 9.10. Same problem as reported above. Using EPSON 640U scanner if relevant.
Regards,
Russ.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version is outdated and no more supported