evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in g_hash_table_lookup()

[Dave Johnson]

Binary package hint: evolution

Ubuntu Maverick (development branch)
Release 10.10

Evolution version 2.30.3-1ubuntu5

Attempted to create a new folder named "Receipts" under the "Inbox"

Evolution crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: evolution 2.30.3-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 28 18:01:02 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
ProcCmdline: evolution
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.utf8
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: evolution
StacktraceTop:
 g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_key_file_has_key () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/evolution/2.30/libevolution-mail.so.0
 g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
Title: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in g_hash_table_lookup()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:5555): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (bluetooth-applet:5553): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_set_sensitive: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
 (nautilus:5548): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_key_file_has_key () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 mail_sidebar_model_loaded_row_cb (
 g_closure_invoke ()
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

known upstream you can track it here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617930

[Dave Johnson (dave-scomple)]

I've tried to recreate this with a console open without success. There has only been this one crash for me.

[joshiss (joshiss)]

System: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686
X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Vendor Release: 11001000
Selinux: No
Accessibility: Disabled
GTK+ Theme: Clearlooks
Icon Theme: gnome
GTK+ Modules: gnomesegvhandler, canberra-gtk-module

Memory status: size: 190013440 vsize: 190013440 resident: 8273920 share: 6184960 rss: 8273920 rss_rlim: 18446744073709551615
CPU usage: start_time: 1304057734 rtime: 75 utime: 58 stime: 17 cutime:53 cstime: 6 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 100

----------- .xsession-errors ---------------------
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
** (gnome-session:1882): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
Could not attach to process. If your uid matches the uid of the target
process, check the setting of /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope, or try
again as the root user. For more details, see /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf
ptrace: Operation not permitted.
/home/j0053/1995: No such file or directory.
No stack.
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[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Vibhav, are you sure you don't want to try to apply the upstream patch for this?

I tracked the patch to use as http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?h=gnome-3-4&id=936a4883a16512bc8a7340e41e790442a54844ca ; which is the exact same thing as the patch Milan attached to the upstream bug, but already include patch comments. I gave a UDW session about applying such patches which can be followed almost verbatim in this case, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/devweek1201/IncorporatingUpstreamChanges .

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 3.2.3-0ubuntu6

---------------
evolution (3.2.3-0ubuntu6) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/libevolution.preinst: if upgrading from versions prior to 3.2.0;
    kill all instances of evolution-alarm-notify to avoid an unreadable error
    message about state inconsistencies. (LP: #965686)
  * debian/patches/git_crash_in_mail_sidebar_936a488.patch: avoid crashing in
    the sidebar code when handling multiple windows. (LP: #650677)
  * debian/patches/alarm-notify-nodisplay.patch: don't show the alarm notifier
    in gnome-session-properties (add NoDisplay=true to the .desktop file).
 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:19:28 -0400