ayatana-indicator-keyboard-service crashed with SIGSEGV in keyboard_GetLayout()

[Bill (franksmcb)]

Ubuntu MATE 21.04 current daily

Expected outcome:
Install Ubuntu MATE and reboot with no errors

Actual outcome:
Install Ubuntu MATE and reboot. On login, ayatana-indicator-keyboard-service crashed
with crash files in /var/crash

_usr_libexec_ayatana-indicator-keyboard_ayatana-indicator-keyboard-service.1000.crash
_usr_libexec_ayatana-indicator-keyboard_ayatana-indicator-keyboard-service.115.crash

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: ayatana-indicator-keyboard 0.7.900-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-36.40+21.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu57
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Thu Feb 11 22:26:56 2021
ExecutablePath: /usr/libexec/ayatana-indicator-keyboard/ayatana-indicator-keyboard-service
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-12 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Alpha amd64 (20210211)
ProcCmdline: /usr/libexec/ayatana-indicator-keyboard/ayatana-indicator-keyboard-service
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x562775ce28d8 <keyboard_GetLayout+72>: cmpb $0x0,(%rdx)
 PC (0x562775ce28d8) ok
 source "$0x0" ok
 destination "(%rdx)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: ayatana-indicator-keyboard
StacktraceTop:
 keyboard_GetLayout ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 g_type_create_instance () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
Title: ayatana-indicator-keyboard-service crashed with SIGSEGV in keyboard_GetLayout()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
XsessionErrors:
 mate-session[1385]: WARNING: Unable to find provider '' of required component 'dock'
 (process:1873): ayatana-indicator-sound-WARNING **: 22:26:56.285: volume-control-pulse.vala:745: Unable to connect to dbus server at 'unix:path=/run/user/1000/pulse/dbus-socket': Could not connect: No such file or directory
 (caja:1684): Gtk-WARNING **: 22:26:56.470: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.SessionManager.AlreadyRegistered: Unable to register client
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[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 keyboard_GetLayout (pKeyboard=0x562777445860, nLayout=0, nLayout@entry=-1, pLanguage=pLanguage@entry=0x7fff61757ad8, pDescription=pDescription@entry=0x0) at ./src/keyboard.c:226
 createHeaderState (self=self@entry=0x5627774430c0) at ./src/service.c:84
 initActions (self=0x5627774430c0) at ./src/service.c:270
 indicator_keyboard_service_init (self=0x5627774430c0) at ./src/service.c:400
 g_type_create_instance (type=<optimized out>) at ../../../gobject/gtype.c:1867

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1915492

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

Still happens on beta iso.

[Earl (2104-amdgpu)]

Still happens on Hirsute build 30 March.

[Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen)]

Upstream bug is here https://github.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-indicator-keyboard/issues/5

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

Package from -proposed fixes the issue.

[Bill (franksmcb) (franksmcb)]

Can confirm that updated package resolves this issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-mate-settings - 21.04.5

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ubuntu-mate-settings (21.04.5) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * Only show one keyboard indicator (LP: #1918076)

 -- Martin Wimpress <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:09:46 +0100

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Is the ayatana-indicator-keyboard task still necessary or can it to be closed?

[Bill (franksmcb) (franksmcb)]

Brian the task can be closed. Thank you.