evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in dbgtext()

[BartS]

Created a new user called "evotest" ran evolution in xterm got:

evotest@takeone:~$ evolution

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:5172): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
evotest@takeone:~$

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: evolution 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~raring1 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 18 10:26:18 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-09-16 (670 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: evolution
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xa4d6a306 <dbgtext+166>: mov %cl,(%edx,%eax,1)
 PC (0xa4d6a306) ok
 source "%cl" ok
 destination "(%edx,%eax,1)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
 Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: evolution
StacktraceTop:
 dbgtext () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_wins.so.2
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_wins.so.2
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtalloc.so.2
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtalloc.so.2
 _talloc_realloc () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtalloc.so.2
Title: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in dbgtext()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-18 (61 days ago)
UserGroups:

[BartS (bart-steanes)]

And after reading "Evolution Bugs"

evotest@takeone:~$ CAMEL_DEBUG=all; gdb evolution
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5.91.20130417-cvs-ubuntu
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This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/evolution...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/evolution
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0xb1e85b40 (LWP 7486)]
[New Thread 0xb14ffb40 (LWP 7487)]
[New Thread 0xb0affb40 (LWP 7488)]
[New Thread 0xb00ffb40 (LWP 7489)]
[New Thread 0xae380b40 (LWP 7490)]

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed
[New Thread 0xa606cb40 (LWP 7496)]
[New Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7497)]
[New Thread 0xa506ab40 (LWP 7498)]

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7482): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed
[Thread 0xae380b40 (LWP 7490) exited]
[Thread 0xa506ab40 (LWP 7498) exited]
[Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7497) exited]
[New Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7499)]
[New Thread 0xa506ab40 (LWP 7500)]
[Thread 0xa606cb40 (LWP 7496) exited]
[Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7499) exited]
[New Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7501)]
[New Thread 0xa606cb40 (LWP 7502)]
[Thread 0xa506ab40 (LWP 7500) exited]
[Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7501) exited]
[New Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7503)]
[New Thread 0xa506ab40 (LWP 7504)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7503)]
0xa4252306 in dbgtext () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_wins.so.2
(gdb) thread apply all bt

Thread 15 (Thread 0xa506ab40 (LWP 7504)):
#0 0xb7fdd424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7d3ec33 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
   from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xb58b1140 in g_cond_wait_until ()
   from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0xb583f979 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0xb589379f in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0xb5892ea3 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6 0xb7d3ad78 in start_thread () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
#7 0xb57633de in clone () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6

Thread 14 (Thread 0xa586bb40 (LWP 7503)):
#0 0xa4252306 in dbgtext () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_wins.so.2
#1 0xa4252ee4 in ?? () f...

[BartS (bart-steanes)]

looks like this was some sort of packaging issue (un-installing evo, and reinstalling it has made it work again). Only confusing thig is that some packages say they are 3.8.2 and some say they are 3.8.3.

[Ubuntu GNOME (ug-bot)]

Stacktrace:
 #0 0xa4d6a306 in ?? ()
 No symbol table info available.
StacktraceSource: #0 0xa4d6a306 in ?? ()
StacktraceTop: ?? ()

[Ubuntu GNOME (ug-bot)]

Thank you for your report!

However, processing it in order to get sufficient information for the
developers failed (it does not generate a useful symbolic stack trace). This
might be caused by some outdated packages which were installed on your system
at the time of the report:

libgtk-3-0 version 3.8.2-0ubuntu6~raring3 required, but 3.8.2-3ubuntu4~raring1 is available
libgnome-desktop-3-7 version 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~raring1 required, but 3.8.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu13.04.1 is available
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 version 2.0.3-1ubuntu1~build1 required, but 2.0.4-2~ubuntu13.04.1 is available
gnome-icon-theme-full version 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu13.04.1 required, but 3.8.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu13.04.1 is available
libplymouth2 version 0.8.8-0ubuntu7~raring1 required, but 0.8.8-0ubuntu8~raring1 is available
plymouth version 0.8.8-0ubuntu7~raring1 required, but 0.8.8-0ubuntu8~raring1 is available
libgail-3-0 version 3.8.2-0ubuntu6~raring3 required, but 3.8.2-3ubuntu4~raring1 is available
libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 version 2.0.3-1ubuntu1~build1 required, but 2.0.4-2~ubuntu13.04.1 is available
outdated debug symbol package for libgdata13: package version 0.13.3-1~raring1 dbgsym version 0.13.2-2svn1
outdated debug symbol package for libgcr-3-1: package version 3.8.2-3~ubuntu13.04.1 dbgsym version 3.6.2-0ubuntu2
libwebkitgtk-3.0-common version 2.0.3-1ubuntu1~build1 required, but 2.0.4-2~ubuntu13.04.1 is available
gnome-icon-theme version 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu13.04.1 required, but 3.8.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu13.04.1 is available
libgtk-3-common version 3.8.2-0ubuntu6~raring3 required, but 3.8.2-3ubuntu4~raring1 is available
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text version 0.8.8-0ubuntu7~raring1 required, but 0.8.8-0ubuntu8~raring1 is available
gnome-desktop3-data version 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~raring1 required, but 3.8.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu13.04.1 is available
libgtk-3-bin version 3.8.2-0ubuntu6~raring3 required, but 3.8.2-3ubuntu4~raring1 is available

Please upgrade your system to the latest package versions. If you still
encounter the crash, please file a new report.

Thank you for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience!