Comment 3 for bug 1184104

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Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) wrote : Re: [Bug 1184104] Re: Files crashes when view changed with contents of empty folder selected

Thanks Julian, I'll look into this. Can you specify a sequence of
operations that reliably causes the crash? Is it related to the original
bug? (There are lots of other bugs that cause crashes - I only fixed one!)

On 6 June 2013 21:35, Julián Unrrein <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for reporting!
>
> I have tested your patch. Unfortunately, it seems it isn't enoug to
> prevent the crash:
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> [Cambiando a Thread 0x7fffdd52a700 (LWP 6995)]
> 0x000000000043eb5b in directory_thumbs_loaded_callback
> (directory=<optimized out>,
> view=0x907540)
> at
> /home/julian/elementary-projects/pantheon-files-fix-1184104/src/fm-directory-view.c:327
> 327 g_return_if_fail(GTK_IS_WIDGET(view));
>
> It crashes in one of the new checks. Sometimes in this one, some times
> in one of the others. It doesn't crash always.
>
> I attached a backtrace for this crash (though it doesn't seem to give
> useful info).
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "Backtrace of the crash"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-files/+bug/1184104/+attachment/3696695/+files/bactrace1.txt
>
> ** Changed in: pantheon-files
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
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> Title:
> Files crashes when view changed with contents of empty folder selected
>
> Status in Files:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> To reproduce bug:
>
> 1) Switch to list view
> 2) Navigate to a folder that contains an empty sub-folder
> 3) Select the empty folder and click the expand arrow
> 4) Select the blank line that appears
> 5) Double-click the empty folder ("This folder is empty" message
> displays)
> 6) Switch to icon view
>
> Files crashes with a segmentation fault
>
> Installed version is 0.1-0~r1190+pkg13~precise1
>
> Crash does not occur if the empty folder is not expanded.
>
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