gnome-system-log assert failure: gnome-system-log:ERROR:logview-log.c:910:logview_log_get_uri: assertion failed: (LOGVIEW_IS_LOG (log))

[Daniel Hermansson]

Binary package hint: gnome-utils

to reproduce crash:
close all files in gnome-system-log fast one by one

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: gnome-system-log:ERROR:logview-log.c:910:logview_log_get_uri: assertion failed: (LOGVIEW_IS_LOG (log))
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Nov 21 18:23:10 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-log
Package: gnome-utils 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: gnome-system-log --sync
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
StacktraceTop:
 *__GI_raise (sig=<value optimized out>)
 *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
 g_assertion_message () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_assertion_message_expr ()
 ?? ()
Title: gnome-system-log assert failure: gnome-system-log:ERROR:logview-log.c:910:logview_log_get_uri: assertion failed: (LOGVIEW_IS_LOG (log))
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse kvm libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare scanner tape vboxusers video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:*__GI_raise (sig=<value optimized out>)
*__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
g_assertion_message () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
g_assertion_message_expr ()
logview_log_get_uri (log=0x7f96880012c0)

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=604294

[Artem Kuskis (artem-kuskis)]

This bug stay in Centos 6.4 and Ubuntu 12.10 ... found this bug yesterday, fix it on my home pc, and today found that Cosimo Cecchi did it in April but current versions of gnome-system-log are old.

Bug: When you press Ctrl+W and there is no log file selected in the right list widget...

Patch info : https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-system-log/commit/src/logview-manager.c?id=ad9153b8bcd8a2556d7a1f5fcca890680c4677de

Patch file:

From ad9153b8bcd8a2556d7a1f5fcca890680c4677de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cosimo Cecchi <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:25:20 +0000
Subject: manager: add some safety NULL-checks

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697790
---
(limited to 'src/logview-manager.c')

diff --git a/src/logview-manager.c b/src/logview-manager.c
index 29dcba9..b948bfa 100644
--- a/src/logview-manager.c
+++ b/src/logview-manager.c
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ logview_manager_close_active_log (LogviewManager *manager)
   g_assert (LOGVIEW_IS_MANAGER (manager));

   active_log = manager->priv->active_log;
+ if (active_log == NULL) {
+ return;
+ }
+
   log_uri = logview_log_get_uri (active_log);
   file = logview_log_get_gfile (active_log);

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cgit v0.9.2

[Artem Kuskis (artem-kuskis)]

PS: not right.. left widget with file names