shutter crashes every about every second time

[Vladimir Chebotarev]

0.93.1 Rev.1278

I have up-to-date Arch Linux distributive and start shutter as "shutter -s".

segfault at 0 ip 00007f7a8167a560 sp 00007ffc1880c458 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.4600.2[7f7a81600000+10c000]

systemd-coredump[7140]: Process 7118 (shutter) of user 1000 dumped core.

                                                  Stack trace of thread 7118:
                                                  #0 0x00007f7a8167a560 g_utf8_validate (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #1 0x00007f7a70ce9d60 n/a (libunique-1.0.so.0)
                                                  #2 0x00007f7a70ef64e7 XS_Gtk2__UniqueMessageData_get_text (Unique.so)
                                                  #3 0x00007f7a82e3d9ea Perl_pp_entersub (libperl.so)
                                                  #4 0x00007f7a82e36826 Perl_runops_standard (libperl.so)
                                                  #5 0x00007f7a82dbb8f6 Perl_call_sv (libperl.so)
                                                  #6 0x00007f7a70ef3809 perl_unique_app_marshall_message_received (Unique.so)
                                                  #7 0x00007f7a8191e015 g_closure_invoke (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #8 0x00007f7a81930061 n/a (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #9 0x00007f7a81938899 g_signal_emit_valist (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #10 0x00007f7a8193912f g_signal_emit (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #11 0x00007f7a70ce8e55 unique_app_emit_message_received (libunique-1.0.so.0)
                                                  #12 0x00007f7a70cebf8e n/a (libunique-1.0.so.0)
                                                  #13 0x00007f7a79528b0c n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #14 0x00007f7a81649c7a g_main_context_dispatch (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #15 0x00007f7a8164a020 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #16 0x00007f7a8164a342 g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #17 0x00007f7a7a20c787 gtk_main (libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #18 0x00007f7a7a7c7ad5 XS_Gtk2_main (Gtk2.so)
                                                  #19 0x00007f7a82e3d9ea Perl_pp_entersub (libperl.so)
                                                  #20 0x00007f7a82e36826 Perl_runops_standard (libperl.so)
                                                  #21 0x00007f7a82dc2e05 perl_run (libperl.so)
                                                  #22 0x0000000000400e39 main (perl)
                                                  #23 0x00007f7a829e4610 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6)
                                                  #24 0x0000000000400e79 _start (perl)

                                                  Stack trace of thread 7120:
                                                  #0 0x00007f7a82aa418d poll (libc.so.6)
                                                  #1 0x00007f7a81649fbc n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #2 0x00007f7a8164a342 g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #3 0x00007f7a79538236 n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #4 0x00007f7a81670715 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #5 0x00007f7a827ae4a4 start_thread (libpthread.so.0)
                                                  #6 0x00007f7a82aad13d __clone (libc.so.6)

                                                  Stack trace of thread 7122:
                                                  #0 0x00007f7a82aa8cf9 syscall (libc.so.6)
                                                  #1 0x00007f7a8168e87a g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #2 0x00007f7a8161ea69 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #3 0x00007f7a8161f08b g_async_queue_timeout_pop (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #4 0x00007f7a8167116a n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #5 0x00007f7a81670715 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #6 0x00007f7a827ae4a4 start_thread (libpthread.so.0)
                                                  #7 0x00007f7a82aad13d __clone (libc.so.6)

                                                  Stack trace of thread 7119:
                                                  #0 0x00007f7a82aa418d poll (libc.so.6)
                                                  #1 0x00007f7a81649fbc n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #2 0x00007f7a8164a0cc g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #3 0x00007f7a8164a109 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #4 0x00007f7a81670715 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                                  #5 0x00007f7a827ae4a4 start_thread (libpthread.so.0)
                                                  #6 0x00007f7a82aad13d __clone (libc.so.6)

[Vladimir Chebotarev (vladimir-chebotarev)]

I solved my problem invoking it as "shutter -s -e", but crash still appears if a window or icon of shutter was invoked earlier.

[Edgar Hipp (edi9999)]

This bug is still present after more than 2 years...

I usually start commands from the terminal, but here this means that it needs to be run twice to get started.

Could you fix this ?

[Michael Kogan (michael-kogan)]

Do you refer to the crash of the second instance? If so, could you please give more details on your distro and its version of perl-gtk2-unique?

[Edgar Hipp (edi9999)]

Hello,

my distribution is fedora (Fedora release 27 (Twenty Seven))

I run with i3wm : i3 version 4.14.1 (2017-09-24)

I'm not sure how to know wich version of perl-gtk2-unique I am using,

If I run

rpm -qa | grep --color -E gtk

I get :

gtk-vnc2-0.7.1-3.fc27.x86_64
spice-gtk3-0.34-1.fc27.x86_64
gtk-xfce-engine-3.2.0-4.fc26.x86_64
webkitgtk4-2.18.6-1.fc27.x86_64
libreoffice-gtk2-5.4.6.2-3.fc27.x86_64
ibus-gtk3-1.5.17-6.fc27.x86_64
gtk-doc-1.27-1.fc27.x86_64
colord-gtk-0.1.26-6.fc27.x86_64
clutter-gtk-1.8.4-1.fc27.x86_64
ibus-gtk2-1.5.17-6.fc27.x86_64
gtk-update-icon-cache-3.22.26-2.fc27.x86_64
libreoffice-gtk3-5.4.6.2-3.fc27.x86_64
gtksourceview3-3.24.6-1.fc27.x86_64
libnm-gtk-1.8.4-1.fc27.x86_64
webkitgtk4-jsc-2.18.6-1.fc27.x86_64
compat-wxBase3-gtk2-3.0.2-32.fc27.x86_64
gtk3-devel-3.22.26-2.fc27.x86_64
PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.1.8-1.fc27.x86_64
lightdm-gtk-2.0.4-1.fc27.x86_64
usermode-gtk-1.112-1.fc27.x86_64
gtk-murrine-engine-0.98.2-13.fc27.x86_64
gtk2-2.24.32-1.fc27.x86_64
gtkspell3-3.0.9-4.fc27.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-0.9-1.fc27.x86_64
gtkmm24-2.24.5-4.fc27.x86_64
gtkmm30-3.22.2-1.fc27.x86_64
bluebird-gtk2-theme-1.2-6.fc27.noarch
pinentry-gtk-0.9.7-4.fc27.x86_64
pygtk2-libglade-2.24.0-18.fc27.x86_64
caribou-gtk3-module-0.4.21-5.fc27.x86_64
caribou-gtk2-module-0.4.21-5.fc27.x86_64
greybird-gtk2-theme-3.22.6-1.fc27.noarch
gtkimageview-1.6.4-16.fc27.x86_64
libcanberra-gtk3-0.30-15.fc27.x86_64
pygtk2-doc-2.24.0-18.fc27.noarch
avahi-ui-gtk3-0.7-3.fc27.x86_64
albatross-gtk3-theme-1.7.4-3.fc27.noarch
libdbusmenu-gtk2-16.04.0-4.fc27.x86_64
libchamplain-gtk-0.12.16-1.fc27.x86_64
pygtk2-2.24.0-18.fc27.x86_64
adwaita-gtk2-theme-3.22.3-5.fc27.x86_64
gtk2-engines-2.20.2-14.fc27.x86_64
libreport-gtk-2.9.3-2.fc27.x86_64
libcanberra-gtk2-0.30-15.fc27.x86_64
webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2-2.18.6-1.fc27.x86_64
bluebird-gtk3-theme-1.2-6.fc27.noarch
pygtk2-codegen-2.24.0-18.fc27.x86_64
gtk2-devel-2.24.32-1.fc27.x86_64
gtkspell-2.0.16-14.fc27.x86_64
greybird-gtk3-theme-3.22.6-1.fc27.noarch
compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-3.0.2-32.fc27.x86_64
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.10-12.fc27.x86_64
albatross-gtk2-theme-1.7.4-3.fc27.noarch
pygtk2-devel-2.24.0-18.fc27.x86_64
gtk-unico-engine-1.0.3-0.10.20140109bzr152.fc27.x86_64
gtk3-3.22.26-2.fc27.x86_64
python3-matplotlib-gtk3-2.0.0-3.fc27.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk-1.12.4-1.fc27.x86_64
libpeas-gtk-1.22.0-1.fc27.x86_64

And I found the file /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Gtk2/Unique.pm which is attached

[Edgar Hipp (edi9999)]

I think this is my shutter version :

Name : perl-Gtk2-Unique
Version : 0.05
Release : 21.fc27
Arch : x86_64
Size : 68 k
Source : perl-Gtk2-Unique-0.05-21.fc27.src.rpm

[Michael Kogan (michael-kogan)]

You didn't specify, if the crash only happens when calling Shutter while another Shutter instance is already running. If so, it is a bug in perl-Gtk2-Unique, please report it to the Fedora maintainers. The patch fixing it is available here: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libgtk2-unique-perl.git/tree/debian/patches/fix_segfault_2nd_instance

[Edgar Hipp (edi9999)]

Thanks !!

I have opened a bug to the fedora maintainers : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1560182

This issue can be closed.

[Michael Kogan (michael-kogan)]

To make it more precise: The version in the Fedora repos is not outdated, it is the latest version available upstream. However, in this latest version the bug leading to crashes is present and a patch proposed upstream to fix it has not been applied for some years already. Therefore, Debian applies the patch to their package and I am trying right now to get it into Arch Linux' package as well.

Just in case Fedora maintainers tell that they have the most recent version already. ;)

[Michael Kogan (michael-kogan)]

@Vladimir Chebotarev: Is your issue fixed with a patched perl-Gtk2-Unique as well?

[Michael Kogan (michael-kogan)]

It looks like the perl-gtk2-unique bug has been patched in Debian, Arch, will be fixed in the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 and a report for Fedora 27 also exists. Therefore I think that the time has come to solemnly close it. Please open a new bug in case you are running a patched perl-gtk2-unique and still experience second instance crashes in Shutter.