gconfd-2 crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()

[discont]

Fresh install of 11.10

0. Enable proposed updates. sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade
1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bikooo/glippy
2. sudo apt-get install glippy
3. Apport reported about crash after successfull installation

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libgconf2-4 3.2.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic-pae 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 27 15:45:42 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gconf
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 g_assertion_message () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 gconf_database_set_sources ()
Title: gconfd-2 crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 g_assertion_message (domain=0x805002b "GConf", file=0x804f733 "gconf-database.c", line=806, func=0x804f8a0 "gconf_database_set_sources", message=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/gtestutils.c:1425
 gconf_database_set_sources (db=0x86e4768, sources=0x8798cb8) at gconf-database.c:806
 reload_databases () at gconfd.c:1346
 periodic_cleanup_timeout (data=0x0) at gconfd.c:1050
 g_timeout_dispatch (source=0x86e84f0, callback=0x804d060 <periodic_cleanup_timeout>, user_data=0x0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/gmain.c:3907

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Caused by this commit:

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gconf/commit/?id=d7917514549f48297bc0032a7e2b54bfb17f7495

The assert probably shouldn't be there...

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

The regression was fixed in 3.2.3...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gconf - 3.2.3-0ubuntu1

---------------
gconf (3.2.3-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Fixes gconf crasher regression in 3.2.2 (LP: #882525)

gconf (3.2.2-0ubuntu1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Fixes gconf errors affecting GNOME Shell & Evolution, especially
      seen after a system upgrade (LP: #848198)
    - Build fix for -Werror=format-securiy
    - Avoid crash when there is no reply to messages in
      gconf_engine_notify_remove
    - Clean-up ORBit vs DBus logic
  * debian/watch: Removed extra \d
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:48:09 -0400

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello discont, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gconf into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Hello discont, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gconf into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[discont (discont)]

No longer appears. Thanks

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gconf - 3.2.3-0ubuntu0.1

---------------
gconf (3.2.3-0ubuntu0.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Fixes gconf crasher regression in 3.2.2 (LP: #882525)

gconf (3.2.2-0ubuntu1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Fixes gconf errors affecting GNOME Shell & Evolution, especially
      seen after a system upgrade (LP: #848198)
    - Build fix for -Werror=format-securiy
    - Avoid crash when there is no reply to messages in
      gconf_engine_notify_remove
    - Clean-up ORBit vs DBus logic
  * debian/watch: Removed extra \d
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:48:09 -0400