gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()

[razor1394]

Binary package hint: gedit

1. Latest Hardy heron alpha
2. razor1394@basestar:~$ dpkg -l gedit
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Namn Version Beskrivning
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii gedit 2.21.1-0ubuntu official text editor of the GNOME desktop en

3. Gedit crashed as soon as I opened a text file. I hoped for it to open my document without crashing.

Since a Hardy update yesterday many gtk apps are crashing with either segfault or sigsegv. Examples are Firefox-3.0, Transmission and Deluge.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Feb 2 20:31:56 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gedit 2.21.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdline: gedit file:///home/razor1394/passpack.txt
ProcCwd: /home/razor1394
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/razor1394/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gedit
StacktraceTop:
 g_slice_alloc () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_list_prepend () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 g_hash_table_foreach ()
 gtk_action_group_list_actions ()
Title: gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()
Uname: Linux basestar 2.6.24-5-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 24 19:29:14 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:IA__g_list_prepend (list=0xbbd960, data=0x7f1c5fd817d0)
add_single_action (key=<value optimized out>, value=0x7f1c5fd817d0,
IA__g_hash_table_foreach (hash_table=0x854380,
IA__gtk_action_group_list_actions (action_group=0x861770)
update_languages_menu (window=0x75e100) at gedit-window.c:999

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a valgrind log following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[razor1394 (razor1394)]

I hope I'm doing right because It's not crashing when using it through valgrind. Without it it crashes instantly.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

On 04/02/2008, razor1394 <email address hidden> wrote:
> I hope I'm doing right because It's not crashing when using it through
> valgrind. Without it it crashes instantly.

I've had the same issue. I think it doesn't crash if you open gedit
with a file, but does crash if you don't.

I will try and get a trace once I can get the debug symbols -
currently they are out of sync with the version of gedit in the
archive.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

May you tell us a few steps in order to trigger the crash then? thanks in advance.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

Open gedit from the applications menu.

Press the Open icon and open a text file. Gedit will then close.

Go to the file menu and open a file using Open. Gedit will then close.

Go to the file menu and open a file from the list of recent opened
files at the bottom. Gedit will *not* close.

Open it from the command line using gedit and then open a file using
the open icon. gedit will *not* close.

Open it from the command line using gedit and then open a file using
the file menu and open. gedit will *not* close.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Does running gconf-editor and changing the /desktop/gnome/interface/file_chooser_backend key value to gnome-vfs solve the issue?

[razor1394 (razor1394)]

Yes it does. Thanks.

[razor1394 (razor1394)]

I can also report that Deluge is working a lot smoother and the hard drive usage ain't insane as before.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Could you install gvfs-dbgsym libglib2.0-0-dbgsym libgtk2.0-0-dbgsym, set the key value to gio again and get a valgrind log of the issue? You can also open an another bug on libgnomeui about the disk usage issue

[razor1394 (razor1394)]

I can't install those packages with my current sources. I have tried
enabling proposed and backports as well.

2008/2/6, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>:
>
> Could you install gvfs-dbgsym libglib2.0-0-dbgsym libgtk2.0-0-dbgsym,
> set the key value to gio again and get a valgrind log of the issue? You
> can also open an another bug on libgnomeui about the disk usage issue
>
>
> --
> gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188428
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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RaZoR1394 - Alexander Bracquemont

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the source is listed on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash

[mystictim (timgillibrand-yahoo)]

Latest Hardy Heron
Kernel Linux 2.6.24-5 Generic
Gnome 2.21.90
gedit 2.21.1-Oubunttu2
Hi not sure if this is the same bug as only gedit appears to be crashing. Should I report a seperate bug?
When I changed /desktop/gnome/interface/file_chooser_backend key value to gnome-vfs the crash still occured. However on installing gvfs-dbgsym libglib2.0-0-dbgsym libgtk2.0-0-dbgsym the crashes appear to have stoped. However on running $sudo gedit I get this error message.

$ sudo gedit
[sudo] password for visitor:
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0

** (gedit:9998): CRITICAL **: Error opening file: No such file or directory

** (gedit:9998): CRITICAL **: Error opening file: No such file or directory

gedit still works though. I've attached the valgrind log for $gedit but valgrind wont run with $sudo gedit get error

$ G_SLICE=always-malloc G_DEBUG=gc-friendly valgrind -v --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --num-callers=40 --log-file=valgrind.log sudo gedit
==10057==
==10057== Warning: Can't execute setuid/setgid executable: /usr/bin/sudo
==10057== Possible workaround: remove --trace-children=yes, if in effect
==10057==
valgrind: /usr/bin/sudo: Permission denied

[LCID Fire (lcid-fire)]

Same here. A dozend apps crash at g_slice_alloc - could be a bug in glib

[ashdigg (ashdigg)]

After installing the latest Ubuntu updates this evening, I no longer have this problem.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

does anybody still get the issue on current hardy?

[razor1394 (razor1394)]

Yes, I still get this on current Hardy unfortunately. Nerolinux 3.1.1.0 and
firefox-3 beta 5 keeps crashing. If I set file_chooser_backend to gnome-vfs
instead of gio both apps work fine. With gio Nero crashes when removing
files from the compilation and Firefox crashes (sometimes) when closing a
tab.

2008/3/26, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>:
>
> does anybody still get the issue on current hardy?
>
>
> --
> gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188428
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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RaZoR1394 - Alexander Bracquemont

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could anybody getting the issue on current hardy get a stacktrace and a valgrind log?

[razor1394 (razor1394)]

I can't reproduce this with neither Firefox, Gedit nor Nero. I guess it has
been fixed?

2008/4/22, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>:
>
> could anybody getting the issue on current hardy get a stacktrace and a
> valgrind log?
>
>
> --
> gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188428
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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RaZoR1394 - Alexander Bracquemont

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing since that's working correctly now, feel free to reopen if you get the issue again though