Something crashed when switching from user to root in -Edgy

[florfullagorfull]

I was switching from user to root (using switch user) and I got an error message asking me to report this error as " something has crashed". I've pasted the contents of the file:

Memory status: size: 26660864 vsize: 0 resident: 26660864 share: 0 rss: 9281536 rss_rlim: 0
CPU usage: start_time: 1173302639 rtime: 0 utime: 37 stime: 0 cutime:30 cstime: 0 timeout: 7 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/libexec/evolution-alarm-notify'

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Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
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[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1233181008 (LWP 19962)]
[New Thread -1234482272 (LWP 20022)]
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0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb727c6cb in waitpid () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2 0xb7da01b6 in gnome_gtk_module_info_get () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#3 <signal handler called>
#4 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#5 0xb7217770 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#6 0xb7218ef3 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#7 0xb73e9122 in g_logv () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#8 0xb73e9159 in g_log () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#9 0x0805d500 in main ()

Thread 2 (Thread -1234482272 (LWP 20022)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b1803 in poll () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
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#2 0xb73e3813 in g_main_context_check () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#3 0xb73e3b89 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#4 0xb797d7e0 in link_set_io_thread () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
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#5 0xb73fe38f in g_thread_create_full () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#6 0xb7025504 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
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#7 0xb72bb51e in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
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Thread 1 (Thread -1233181008 (LWP 19962)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
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#1 0xb727c6cb in waitpid () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
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#2 0xb7da01b6 in gnome_gtk_module_info_get () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
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#3 <signal handler called>
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#4 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
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#5 0xb7217770 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
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#6 0xb7218ef3 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
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#7 0xb73e9122 in g_logv () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#8 0xb73e9159 in g_log () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#9 0x0805d500 in main ()
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#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. With which version of Ubuntu did you notice this issue? Thanks in advance.

[florfullagorfull (sandrews)]

Hi Brian,

Sorry that I'm a total noob but I gotta learn somewhere. I thought that if I
wrote Edgy it would have been understood that it was 6.10. I had Firefox
2.0.0.2 and a terminal window opened (in my user account) as I was trying to
figure out how to run a " .run " file (and there is no help anywhere) and I
decided to switch from user and login as root and then copy the .run file
over into the home folder of root. When I did the switch I got the error:
"Something crashed" and it asked me to report the error and so I have.

I've been a windows tech for 17 years and it is time to switch but does the
Linux world have to make it so hard? Just to get Flash running in Firefox or
Mozilla is an exercise in incredible mental pain but once you've done it a
couple of times, you say I got it, but wow, painful.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
Brian Murray
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:12 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 90496] Re: Something crashed when switching from user to root
in-Edgy

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. With which version of Ubuntu did you notice this issue? Thanks
in advance.

** Changed in: Ubuntu
Sourcepackagename: None => evolution

** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray
       Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info

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Something crashed when switching from user to root in -Edgy
https://launchpad.net/bugs/90496

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

duplicate bug #66860