[color]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup()

Bug #971615 reported by Mike McMorrow
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Received error messages while installing Brother Linux printer drivers (MFC-5895cw) downloaded directly from Brother site, but driver imstall then proceeded. Regards Mike

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic-pae 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 2 10:57:06 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center --overview
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Title: [color]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Mike McMorrow (mcmorrowmp) wrote :
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Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
information type: Private → Public
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The bug hasn't seen any activity in years and there has been no recent similar reports, the code also changed quite a lot since and it's likely the issue doesn't exist anymore. Closing, feel free to open a new report if you still get problems in recent Ubuntu versions

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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