gimp crashes on starting (segfault) in Kubuntu Natty

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Binary package hint: gimp

Fresh install of Kubuntu Natty. Added gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6 using apt-get install gimp. Running 'gimp' from the commandline crashes immediately with a segfault. Running using 'gdb gimp' (with the debug symbols for GTK2 installed) produces:

(gimp:2433): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
gtk_text_view_set_attributes_from_style (widget=0xc66350, previous_style=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtktextview.c:6380
6380 /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtktextview.c: Bestand of map bestaat niet.
        in /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtktextview.c

Full valgrind log:

==2858== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==2858== Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==2858== Using Valgrind-3.6.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==2858== Command: gimp
==2858==

(gimp:2858): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
==2858== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==2858== at 0x82D6AA4: babl_free (in /usr/lib/libbabl-0.0.so.0.22.0)
==2858== by 0x82D6EBA: babl_realloc (in /usr/lib/libbabl-0.0.so.0.22.0)
==2858== by 0x82D7062: babl_strcat (in /usr/lib/libbabl-0.0.so.0.22.0)
==2858== by 0x82D0D85: babl_extension_init (in /usr/lib/libbabl-0.0.so.0.22.0)
==2858== by 0x82CE704: babl_init (in /usr/lib/libbabl-0.0.so.0.22.0)
==2858== by 0x7D60F8F: ??? (in /usr/lib/libgegl-0.0.so.0.22.0)
==2858== by 0x8C25AC8: g_option_context_parse (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x468821: main (in /usr/bin/gimp-2.6)
==2858==
==2858== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==2858== at 0x8F4B0CB: __GI___strcasecmp_l (strcmp.S:243)
==2858== by 0x8EE4F60: __gconv_open (gconv_open.c:70)
==2858== by 0x8EF3106: _nl_find_msg (dcigettext.c:990)
==2858== by 0x8EF3818: __dcigettext (dcigettext.c:654)
==2858== by 0x8F474B2: strerror_r (_strerror.c:65)
==2858== by 0x8F473BD: strerror (strerror.c:33)
==2858== by 0xBD0F3F4: dlerror (dlerror.c:100)
==2858== by 0x947B157: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x947BD10: g_module_open (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x5F3EC34: ubuntu_gtk_scrolled_window_init (gtkscrolledwindow.c:1822)
==2858== by 0x5ED743B: post_parse_hook (gtkmain.c:755)
==2858== by 0x8C25AC8: g_option_context_parse (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858==
==2858== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==2858== at 0x8F4D204: __GI___strcasecmp_l (strcmp.S:2257)
==2858== by 0x8EE4F60: __gconv_open (gconv_open.c:70)
==2858== by 0x8EF3106: _nl_find_msg (dcigettext.c:990)
==2858== by 0x8EF3818: __dcigettext (dcigettext.c:654)
==2858== by 0x8F474B2: strerror_r (_strerror.c:65)
==2858== by 0x8F473BD: strerror (strerror.c:33)
==2858== by 0xBD0F3F4: dlerror (dlerror.c:100)
==2858== by 0x947B157: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x947BD10: g_module_open (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x5F3EC34: ubuntu_gtk_scrolled_window_init (gtkscrolledwindow.c:1822)
==2858== by 0x5ED743B: post_parse_hook (gtkmain.c:755)
==2858== by 0x8C25AC8: g_option_context_parse (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858==
==2858== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==2858== at 0x8F4D208: __GI___strcasecmp_l (strcmp.S:2258)
==2858== by 0x8EE4F60: __gconv_open (gconv_open.c:70)
==2858== by 0x8EF3106: _nl_find_msg (dcigettext.c:990)
==2858== by 0x8EF3818: __dcigettext (dcigettext.c:654)
==2858== by 0x8F474B2: strerror_r (_strerror.c:65)
==2858== by 0x8F473BD: strerror (strerror.c:33)
==2858== by 0xBD0F3F4: dlerror (dlerror.c:100)
==2858== by 0x947B157: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x947BD10: g_module_open (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x5F3EC34: ubuntu_gtk_scrolled_window_init (gtkscrolledwindow.c:1822)
==2858== by 0x5ED743B: post_parse_hook (gtkmain.c:755)
==2858== by 0x8C25AC8: g_option_context_parse (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858==
==2858== Invalid read of size 8
==2858== at 0x5F91D1C: gtk_text_view_style_set (gtktextview.c:6380)
==2858== by 0x878E81B: g_closure_invoke (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x879F7E2: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x87A9257: g_signal_emit_valist (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x87A941E: g_signal_emit (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x5FFC7C9: gtk_widget_set_style_internal (gtkwidget.c:6972)
==2858== by 0x5FFC997: reset_rc_styles_recurse (gtkwidget.c:7182)
==2858== by 0x5F3D92D: gtk_scrolled_window_forall (gtkscrolledwindow.c:1098)
==2858== by 0x5E9B5E9: gtk_frame_forall (gtkframe.c:300)
==2858== by 0x5E2695A: gtk_box_forall (gtkbox.c:1251)
==2858== by 0x5F237B8: gtk_rc_reset_widgets (gtkrc.c:1669)
==2858== by 0x5F256C3: _gtk_rc_context_get_default_font_name (gtkrc.c:1767)
==2858== Address 0x50 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd
==2858==
==2858==
==2858== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
==2858== Access not within mapped region at address 0x50
==2858== at 0x5F91D1C: gtk_text_view_style_set (gtktextview.c:6380)
==2858== by 0x878E81B: g_closure_invoke (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x879F7E2: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x87A9257: g_signal_emit_valist (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x87A941E: g_signal_emit (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.6)
==2858== by 0x5FFC7C9: gtk_widget_set_style_internal (gtkwidget.c:6972)
==2858== by 0x5FFC997: reset_rc_styles_recurse (gtkwidget.c:7182)
==2858== by 0x5F3D92D: gtk_scrolled_window_forall (gtkscrolledwindow.c:1098)
==2858== by 0x5E9B5E9: gtk_frame_forall (gtkframe.c:300)
==2858== by 0x5E2695A: gtk_box_forall (gtkbox.c:1251)
==2858== by 0x5F237B8: gtk_rc_reset_widgets (gtkrc.c:1669)
==2858== by 0x5F256C3: _gtk_rc_context_get_default_font_name (gtkrc.c:1767)
==2858== If you believe this happened as a result of a stack
==2858== overflow in your program's main thread (unlikely but
==2858== possible), you can try to increase the size of the
==2858== main thread stack using the --main-stacksize= flag.
==2858== The main thread stack size used in this run was 8388608.
==2858==
==2858== HEAP SUMMARY:
==2858== in use at exit: 1,487,274 bytes in 12,571 blocks
==2858== total heap usage: 74,132 allocs, 61,561 frees, 14,849,982 bytes allocated
==2858==
==2858== LEAK SUMMARY:
==2858== definitely lost: 568 bytes in 4 blocks
==2858== indirectly lost: 240 bytes in 10 blocks
==2858== possibly lost: 690,542 bytes in 6,027 blocks
==2858== still reachable: 795,924 bytes in 6,530 blocks
==2858== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2858== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
==2858==
==2858== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==2858== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from
==2858== ERROR SUMMARY: 5 errors from 5 contexts (suppressed: 218 from 6)
Segmentatiefout

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 6 11:07:10 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel Reimer (uiaeuiae)]

I can confirm this bug for Ubuntu Natty, running the KDE desktop (package "kubuntu-desktop"), fully up-to-date:

(gimp:22270): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
Speicherzugriffsfehler [ = memory access violation]

[Daniel Reimer (uiaeuiae)]

I found a workaround:

The bug seems to originate from the Oxygen GTK engine and only appears at the first run of Gimp, some initialization function I think (user_install_dialog_new ff. in the stack trace).

When I changed the widget style in KDE control center (GTK styles in Application Appearance) from "oxygen-gtk" to "simple" , I could start Gimp without a crash. After changing back to "oxygen-gtk", starting Gimp doesn't crash anymore.

[Benoit Grégoire (benoitg)]

I have the exact same problem on kubuntu. The same workaround works as well.

[_djura_ (netking)]

thanks a ton!!!!!!!!!!!!! It worked for me as well :)

[Heitor Moreira (heitormsilva)]

Do the following workaround:

- set GTK theme to raleigh
- start GIMP once
- set GTK theme back to oxygen-gtk
- GIMP now works with oxygen-gtk, too!

It had worked to me.

Source:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10756351

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

In duplicate bug 794920, it was posted a link to a Debian bug covering this issue (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624693). However it seems to have been closed due to inactivity. Perhaps it should be notified that it is present in Ubuntu as well.

I tried attaching a bug watch (also affects distribution) , but Launchpad just keeps timing out right now.

[Jan (medhefgo)]

This problem seems to be fixed upstream since I cannot reproduce it anymore with latest git head.

[Jerry Preissler (gerald-preissler)]

I can confirm this problem and the effectiveness of the workaround on an up-to-date Kubuntu Natty installation. Thanks a lot to all people who posted information about the workaround!

[Shriramana Sharma (jamadagni)]

I'm reporter of bug 801968. (I searched for "Segmentation fault" but the search system doesn't recognize that it's the same as "segfault".) Confirmed that workaround works. Thanks.

[cefk (cfabik)]

Since I got the same bug (Kubuntu 11.04 - fresh install - fully updated), but solved it another way, here it is:
Got the segmentation fault error on starting gimp like this:
$ gimp

Then tried (I know .. "though shalt never do that" .. but I was curious):
$ sudo gimp
And that worked!

Did some research online and found, that for some people the problem seemed to originate from the ~/.gimp-2.6 - folder, because it was either missing or had the wrong permissions (root:root).

I found, that the only .gimp-2.6 - directory I had, was in /root/.gimp-2.6 .

So I did:
$ sudo mv /root/.gimp-2.6 /home/MY_USERNAME/.gimp-2.6
$ sudo chown MY_USERNAME:MY_USERNAME/.gimp-2.6 -R

This solved the problem of gimp crashing, but I still get the following message on starting gimp:
$ gimp

(gimp:3494): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
Failed to open file '/usr/share/gnome-scan/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/scan-as-layer.svg': Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefundenFailed to open file '/usr/share/gnome-scan/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/scan.svg': Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

I guess that is fixable with changing to Raleigh, but I don't care to find out, since I can at least use gimp now.

Hope that comment is useful to someone, since the bug still seems to be alive and well.

[Andrew Laughton (laughton-andrew)]

Thank you.
$ sudo gimp
Worked for me as well.

$ sudo mv /root/.gimp-2.6 /home/MY_USERNAME/.gimp-2.6
was OK

andrew@venus:~$ sudo chown andrew:andrew/.gimp-2.6 -R
chown: missing operand after `andrew:andrew/.gimp-2.6'

Had above errors, tried
$ sudo chown andrew:andrew /home/andrew/.gimp-2.6 -R
which worked OK

Gimp now works for me as well. Thank you.

[Linuxboy (linuxboy)]

Heitor (heitormsilva) wrote on 2011-05-20

HEITOR workaround works for me.