Abiword crashes when opening a file (Karmic, i686).

[Pavlo Bohmat]

Binary package hint: abiword

After the upgrade, Abiword 2.6.8 crashes when you open a previously created the file in it. When creating a new, working with them and not crashes.

$: abiword file.abw

(abiword:3966): IBUS-WARNING **: Connect to unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-m0bba0Hyl0,guid=f6680625d706fb30f9c656d84aad152f failed: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-m0bba0Hyl0: Connection refused.
Assertion 'pthread_setspecific(t->key, userdata) == 0' failed at pulsecore/thread-posix.c:200, function pa_tls_set(). Aborting.
Aborted (core dumped)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 16 20:22:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: abiword 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.32-generic
SourcePackage: abiword
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for reporting this issue. I have been using abiword for a couple of years, and have not been able to reproduce this issue. If you can reproduce it, could you attach one of the documents? Do not attach anything confidential, please.

[Pavlo Bohmat (bohm)]

В Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:04:41 -0000
Charlie Kravetz <email address hidden> пишет:

> Thank you for reporting this issue. I have been using abiword for a
> couple of years, and have not been able to reproduce this issue. If
> you can reproduce it, could you attach one of the documents?
Abiword 2.8.2 from sid to ubuntu works and does not fall, but all
versions abowords continually smear the text in Cyrillic. Need to
scroll the page or highlight(select line) the text, that he came back
to normal. :-(

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[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank for the attachment. I still can not reproduce the bug using the attachment. I attempted to open the file in both Xubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) and Xubuntu development version, Lucid Lynx. The file opens as expected in both, using abiword 2.6.8 and 2.8.1.

Abiword in Xubuntu 9.10:
apt-cache policy abiword
abiword:
  Installed: 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.8-5ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Abiword in Xubuntu Lucid:
apt-cache policy abiword
abiword:
  Installed: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.8.1-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[rmais96 (cgenre-dev)]

Same issue with my old documents created with AbiWord / Ubuntu 8.04 that I try to open with AbiWord 2.6.8 / Ubunutu 9.10.

With few documents AbiWord crashes immediatelly at loading. For the others it can load it but it crashes at any gadget or menu use attempt.

rmais96@asus-desktop:~$ abiword --verbose=2
Assertion 'pthread_setspecific(t->key, userdata) == 0' failed at pulsecore/thread-posix.c:200, function pa_tls_set(). Aborting.
Abandon

[rmais96 (cgenre-dev)]

Issue has been fixed by removing 'pulseaudio' Ubuntu 9.10 sound control system.
My Ubuntu 9.10 is now using old 'alsa' sound control system.

I don't understand how a sound control system bug can have a so wrong effect on
a word processing application.

More information regarding my system :
  - Kernel 2.6.31-20-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 8 09:02:26 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  - PulseAudio 0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1
  - AbiWord 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
  - /home data partition keeps to migrate from Ubuntu 8.04 to 9.10

[Andreas Dahlberg (andoz-90)]

This is the terminal output when Abiword crashes:
Assertion 'pthread_setspecific(t->key, userdata) == 0' failed at pulsecore/thread-posix.c:200, function pa_tls_set(). Aborting.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

That would be pulseaudio crashing again. I don't know how it is connected, but it is the cause and a bug should be filed against pulseaudio for that.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Okay, my day for bad information. The real story is "Do NOT file a new bug."

I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Lucid Lynx. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the package doesn't fit the requirements for backporting. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information.

[msevior (msevior-gmail)]

AbiWord hooks into the GNOME system for sound events. You can set
things like emit a beep when a document opens. Hence the connection to
pulseaudio.

Martin

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:51 PM, rmais96 <email address hidden> wrote:
> Issue has been fixed by removing 'pulseaudio' Ubuntu 9.10 sound control system.
> My Ubuntu 9.10 is now using old 'alsa' sound control system.
>
> I don't understand how a sound control system bug can have a so wrong effect on
> a word processing application.
>
> More information regarding my system :
>  - Kernel 2.6.31-20-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 8 09:02:26 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>  - PulseAudio 0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1
>  - AbiWord 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
>  - /home data partition keeps to migrate from Ubuntu 8.04 to 9.10
>
> --
> Abiword crashes when opening a file (Karmic, i686).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430870
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of AbiWord
> Stable Builds, which is subscribed to abiword in ubuntu.
>
> Status in “abiword” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: abiword
>
> After the upgrade,  Abiword 2.6.8 crashes when you open a previously created the file in it. When creating a new, working with them and not crashes.
>
>
> $: abiword file.abw
>
> (abiword:3966): IBUS-WARNING **: Connect to unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-m0bba0Hyl0,guid=f6680625d706fb30f9c656d84aad152f failed: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-m0bba0Hyl0: Connection refused.
> Assertion 'pthread_setspecific(t->key, userdata) == 0' failed at pulsecore/thread-posix.c:200, function pa_tls_set(). Aborting.
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Sep 16 20:22:36 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: abiword 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.32-generic
> SourcePackage: abiword
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
>
>
>

[rmais96 (cgenre-dev)]

In my opinion, a fix for next Ubuntu release is not enough :
 - this is a major bug for Abiword which is unusable for existing document on Karmic Koala.
 - Abiword can not stay in this state until the next Ubuntu release. Please, think to users which really use it daily.
 - it is not correct to force user to upgrade to next Ubuntu version because a single component which is not reliable and which won't be stabilized (Abiword or PulseAudio).

I also think this problem fix should be managed by AbiWord team, possibly by discussing with PulseAudio developers for a fix.
There is a major consequence for this application and it would be a wrong strategy to let to many users think that AbiWord is not reliable enough to choise it.

[Pavlo Bohmat (bohm)]

Ubuntu team pays very little attention abiword/gnumeric. A stable
version can be obtained only with the updating of the distribution, but
not when it produces abiword team. The world has not converged wedge to
OpenOffice.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Okay, looking things over, there is a new version of goffice out. There are new versions of abiword and gnumeric.

If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please do steps 1 and 2 of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention. The SRU will need to cover both goffice and abiword.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

[Spaceman (orionssword)]

I also had this problem with Abiword every time I clicked on a menu. I used Synaptic to uninstall pulsaudio which also uninstalled ubuntu-desktop. Then I installed everything for ALSA I could find in Synaptic. I just mean ALSA not the plugins and stuff to media players and stuff. Then I rebooted.

Abiword works perfectly now. Before uninstalling pulsaudio I was also having a problem with the panels locking up sometimes when I'd boot up Ubuntu. That problem is gone now. May be the best thing to do is just uninstall pulsaudio.

[msevior (msevior-gmail)]

Apparently pulseaudio has serious problems and needs to be fixed.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Spaceman <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Subject: [Bug 430870] Re: Abiword crashes when opening a file (Karmic, i686).
To: <email address hidden>

I also had this problem with Abiword every time I clicked on a menu. I
used Synaptic to uninstall pulsaudio which also uninstalled ubuntu-
desktop. Then I installed everything for ALSA I could find in Synaptic.
I just mean ALSA not the plugins and stuff to media players and stuff.
Then I rebooted.

Abiword works perfectly now. Before uninstalling pulsaudio I was also
having a problem with the panels locking up sometimes when I'd boot up
Ubuntu. That problem is gone now. May be the best thing to do is just
uninstall pulsaudio.

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Bug description:
Binary package hint: abiword

After the upgrade,  Abiword 2.6.8 crashes when you open a previously
created the file in it. When creating a new, working with them and not
crashes.

$: abiword file.abw

(abiword:3966): IBUS-WARNING **: Connect to
unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-m0bba0Hyl0,guid=f6680625d706fb30f9c656d84aad152f
failed: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-m0bba0Hyl0: Connection
refused.
Assertion 'pthread_setspecific(t->key, userdata) == 0' failed at
pulsecore/thread-posix.c:200, function pa_tls_set(). Aborting.
Aborted (core dumped)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 16 20:22:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: abiword 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.32-generic
SourcePackage: abiword
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686

[Craig Barnes (cjbarnes18)]

No need to uninstall pulsaudio, in Gnome use "Multimedia Systems Selector" to set Alsa as default Audio Output Plugin.

To access this tool it needs to be enabled in the menu, right click on menu, Edit Menus, it can be found under System->Preferences.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

This bug has been fixed in the latest version of abiword in Lucid. Additional comments are no longer necessary and will serve to make it harder for those trying to find this bug.

[Filippo Argiolas (fargiolas)]

Hi, in cheese we have a similar issue with pa_tls_set crashes with no apparent reason. I believe there could be a bug in LP too but don't have a link at hand now.
You say it is fixed in Lucid. Has it been fixed in abiword? or in pulseaudio? could you please point me to the fixing commit or to a changelog who explains it? Thank you, and sorry for hijacking this bug.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

This was fixed in Abiword 2.8.1. The only upstream bug I could find on it is http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12630 , which is still in new status.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

For the record, this symptom is *not* a PulseAudio bug. As I've explained on irc, calling xmlCleanupParser() multiple times does bad things, including deleting pulse's TLS variable. Lennart has posted *twice* now about this symptom:

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/beware-of-xmlCleanupParser
http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/beware-of-rsvg-term.html

[cyber_rigger (cyber-rigger)]

I get this on a 32 bit karmic machine:

$ abiword
Assertion 'pthread_setspecific(t->key, userdata) == 0' failed at pulsecore/thread-posix.c:200, function pa_tls_set(). Aborting.
Aborted

I tried Craig Barnes' sugestion to use "Multimedia Systems Selector" to set Alsa as default Audio Output Plugin.

It had no effect for me.

I view Abiword as a core application and worthy of a backport. Please backport it. Otherwise it adds one more reason to not use pulseaudio.

[rmais96 (cgenre-dev)]

Always the same issue with :
   - Ubuntu 10.04
   - PulseAudio 0.9.21-63-gd3efa-dirty
   - AbiWord 2.8.2

Nothing has been fixed regarding this issue.
Please do not set status to 'fix released' without reproducing or testing this real issue.

[Ophir LOJKINE (pere-jobs)]

Hey! You said you fixed the bug! That's wrong!
I upgraded to lucid to havé this bug fixed. I still can't open several documents while sound effects (on button press) are activated.

[Ophir LOJKINE (pere-jobs)]

Note: The isse often append while tying to open .odt files.

[Chris Johnson (cjohnson-propinquity)]

I am using AbiWord 2.8.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 with all updates as of today (5/22/2010) and have the same problem. Changing the default audio output plugin did not fix the problem for me.

[Chris Johnson (cjohnson-propinquity)]

I finally found that unchecking "Enable window and button sounds" in Gnome's Sound Preferences dialog finally made the problem go away.

[Mörgæs (moergaes)]

Is the bug confirmed in 13.10?

[Mörgæs (moergaes)]

Closing due to age.
If a similar bug appears in 13.10 please open a new report.