empathy-accounts assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/empathy-accounts: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0809d5b6 ***

[Chen Liang]

Binary package hint: empathy

I installed ubunut 10.10 from an usb install. This error came out after I installed all the updates. My machine specification:

Acer Aspire 6930G
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5400 (2.0 GHz, 800 Mhz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
16" HD Acer CineCrystal LCD
Up to 2303 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT TurboCache
4 GB DDR2
250 GB HDD
DVD Super Multi DL
802.11a/b/g/Draft N WLAN
Subwoofer

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.31.92-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/empathy-accounts: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0809d5b6 ***
Date: Sun Sep 26 02:12:23 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy-accounts
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/empathy-accounts
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_IE.utf8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: empathy
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
Title: empathy-accounts assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/empathy-accounts: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0809d5b6 ***
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #638270, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.