Activity log for bug #1843982

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2019-09-14 08:38:54 Hans-Petter Falao bug added bug
2019-09-14 08:47:08 Apport retracing service bug added subscriber Crash bug triagers for Ubuntu packages
2019-09-14 08:47:11 Apport retracing service attachment added Stacktrace.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843982/+attachment/5288608/+files/Stacktrace.txt
2019-09-14 08:47:12 Apport retracing service attachment added StacktraceSource.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843982/+attachment/5288609/+files/StacktraceSource.txt
2019-09-14 08:47:13 Apport retracing service attachment added ThreadStacktrace.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843982/+attachment/5288610/+files/ThreadStacktrace.txt
2019-09-14 08:47:15 Apport retracing service attachment removed CoreDump.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843982/+attachment/5288595/+files/CoreDump.gz
2019-09-14 08:47:16 Apport retracing service gnome-shell (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2019-09-14 08:47:20 Apport retracing service tags amd64 apport-crash eoan need-amd64-retrace third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash eoan third-party-packages
2019-09-16 12:36:23 Daniel van Vugt affects gnome-shell (Ubuntu) accountsservice (Ubuntu)
2019-09-16 14:36:42 Gunnar Hjalmarsson information type Private Public
2019-09-18 11:53:26 Daniel van Vugt summary gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() Various programs crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() from g_hash_table_lookup() from update_user()
2019-09-18 11:54:13 Launchpad Janitor accountsservice (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2019-12-19 01:32:31 Daniel van Vugt description . ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop: g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0 g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator:
2019-12-19 09:35:42 Sebastien Bacher bug watch added https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/issues/55
2019-12-19 09:35:42 Sebastien Bacher accountsservice (Ubuntu): importance Medium High
2019-12-19 09:35:42 Sebastien Bacher accountsservice (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Triaged
2019-12-19 09:47:52 Daniel van Vugt bug task added accountsservice
2019-12-19 10:32:52 Bug Watch Updater accountsservice: status Unknown New
2020-03-25 01:38:49 Daniel van Vugt bug watch added https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=948228
2020-03-25 01:38:49 Daniel van Vugt bug task added accountsservice (Debian)
2020-03-30 11:02:54 Bug Watch Updater accountsservice (Debian): status Unknown Confirmed
2020-04-03 18:11:26 Apport retracing service tags amd64 apport-crash eoan third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash eoan focal third-party-packages
2020-04-06 04:44:14 Daniel van Vugt tags amd64 apport-crash eoan focal third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash champagne eoan focal third-party-packages
2020-04-07 06:06:51 Daniel van Vugt tags amd64 apport-crash champagne eoan focal third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash champagne eoan focal rls-ff-incoming third-party-packages
2020-04-07 14:08:23 Martin Wimpress  accountsservice (Ubuntu): assignee Iain Lane (laney)
2020-04-08 01:46:16 Daniel van Vugt description https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3945cd9cdcec914cab9a3220d05e9696933336c7 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator:
2020-04-08 01:47:48 Daniel van Vugt description https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3945cd9cdcec914cab9a3220d05e9696933336c7 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/597be858df957473f357a9249b002b0e39f42781 https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3945cd9cdcec914cab9a3220d05e9696933336c7 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator:
2020-04-15 15:55:21 Iain Lane nominated for series Ubuntu Focal
2020-04-15 15:55:21 Iain Lane bug task added accountsservice (Ubuntu Focal)
2020-04-15 15:55:26 Iain Lane accountsservice (Ubuntu Focal): milestone ubuntu-20.04.1
2020-04-18 12:41:08 Lyubomir bug added subscriber Lyubomir Parvanov
2020-04-20 21:43:27 Sebastien Bacher tags amd64 apport-crash champagne eoan focal rls-ff-incoming third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash champagne eoan focal third-party-packages
2020-04-20 21:43:33 Sebastien Bacher tags amd64 apport-crash champagne eoan focal third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash eoan focal third-party-packages
2020-04-24 01:06:28 Ubuntu QA Website tags amd64 apport-crash eoan focal third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash eoan focal iso-testing third-party-packages
2020-05-05 16:13:15 Iain Lane description https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/597be858df957473f357a9249b002b0e39f42781 https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3945cd9cdcec914cab9a3220d05e9696933336c7 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator: [ Description ] When accountsservice's daemon is restarted - particularly when there is a user configured for auto login - it can cause code using its library to crash. This is bad because gnome-shell is one of those users which crashes. [ QA ] Configure a user for automatic login in gnome-shell. Restart accounts-daemon.service (sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon.service) a few times, leaving several seconds between each attempt. See that it crashes if you don't have this SRU, and doesn't if you do have it. --- Test that fast user switching still works properly. --- Take a look at the error reports listed below and hopefully see them not occurring (barring the usual noise) with the SRU. [ Regression potential ] We think this is safe - it tells clients that the daemon is away when it quits, and is back when it comes back. They should get appropriate signals to indicate this. Nevertheless, these signals are sent when they weren't before now, so that could cause problems. Watch out for errors creeping up with this SRU. We wondered upstream whether some more protections might be needed. I'm thinking that those should be *additional* safety rails around this fix, but it could actually be that more is needed and this fix isn't complete. [ Original report ] https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/597be858df957473f357a9249b002b0e39f42781 https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3945cd9cdcec914cab9a3220d05e9696933336c7 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator:
2020-05-05 18:02:26 Launchpad Janitor accountsservice (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Released
2020-05-07 09:49:26 Łukasz Zemczak accountsservice (Ubuntu Focal): status Triaged Fix Committed
2020-05-07 09:49:28 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2020-05-07 09:49:30 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2020-05-07 09:49:34 Łukasz Zemczak tags amd64 apport-crash eoan focal iso-testing third-party-packages amd64 apport-crash eoan focal iso-testing third-party-packages verification-needed verification-needed-focal
2020-05-15 08:12:57 Iain Lane description [ Description ] When accountsservice's daemon is restarted - particularly when there is a user configured for auto login - it can cause code using its library to crash. This is bad because gnome-shell is one of those users which crashes. [ QA ] Configure a user for automatic login in gnome-shell. Restart accounts-daemon.service (sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon.service) a few times, leaving several seconds between each attempt. See that it crashes if you don't have this SRU, and doesn't if you do have it. --- Test that fast user switching still works properly. --- Take a look at the error reports listed below and hopefully see them not occurring (barring the usual noise) with the SRU. [ Regression potential ] We think this is safe - it tells clients that the daemon is away when it quits, and is back when it comes back. They should get appropriate signals to indicate this. Nevertheless, these signals are sent when they weren't before now, so that could cause problems. Watch out for errors creeping up with this SRU. We wondered upstream whether some more protections might be needed. I'm thinking that those should be *additional* safety rails around this fix, but it could actually be that more is needed and this fix isn't complete. [ Original report ] https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/597be858df957473f357a9249b002b0e39f42781 https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3945cd9cdcec914cab9a3220d05e9696933336c7 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator: [ Description ] When accountsservice's daemon is restarted - particularly when there is a user configured for auto login - it can cause code using its library to crash. This is bad because gnome-shell is one of those users which crashes. [ QA ] Configure a user for automatic login in gnome-shell. Update to this SRU, and then *restart your system*. The crash is in the library part, and so you will still see it if programs loaded the buggy version. Restarting is the easiest way to make sure you're not on it. Restart accounts-daemon.service (sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon.service) a few times, leaving several seconds between each attempt. See that it crashes if you don't have this SRU, and doesn't if you do have it. --- Test that fast user switching still works properly. --- Take a look at the error reports listed below and hopefully see them not occurring (barring the usual noise) with the SRU. [ Regression potential ] We think this is safe - it tells clients that the daemon is away when it quits, and is back when it comes back. They should get appropriate signals to indicate this. Nevertheless, these signals are sent when they weren't before now, so that could cause problems. Watch out for errors creeping up with this SRU. We wondered upstream whether some more protections might be needed. I'm thinking that those should be *additional* safety rails around this fix, but it could actually be that more is needed and this fix isn't complete. [ Original report ] https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/597be858df957473f357a9249b002b0e39f42781 https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a817938d76d231fdfc8f698392fbf5e3724084f https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3945cd9cdcec914cab9a3220d05e9696933336c7 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 10:29:16 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-24 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190523) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron:  LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8  LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en  PATH=(custom, no user)  SHELL=/bin/bash  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.0-2ubuntu1 Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop:  g_str_hash () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaccountsservice.so.0  g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0  ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator:
2020-05-15 15:33:43 Bug Watch Updater accountsservice: status New Fix Released
2020-06-05 20:58:23 Sebastien Bacher tags amd64 apport-crash eoan focal iso-testing third-party-packages verification-needed verification-needed-focal amd64 apport-crash eoan focal iso-testing third-party-packages verification-done verification-done-focal
2020-06-16 17:39:35 Launchpad Janitor accountsservice (Ubuntu Focal): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2020-06-16 17:39:40 Brian Murray removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2020-06-27 11:46:49 Bug Watch Updater accountsservice (Debian): status Confirmed Fix Released