gedit crashes on startup

Bug #6839 reported by Debian Bug Importer
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gedit (Debian)
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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #256577
http://bugs.debian.org/256577

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #256577
http://bugs.debian.org/256577

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :
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Message-id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:39:41 -0400
From: Marco Robado <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: gedit crashes on startup

Package: gedit
Version: 2.4.1-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

when I start gedit throu the command line or the gnome menu it craches
instantly and shows the following error message:

gedit: relocation error: gedit: undefined symbol:
eel_input_event_box_new

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-386
Locale: LANG=fr_CA, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA

Versions of packages gedit depends on:
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libaspell15 0.50.5-2 The GNU Aspell spell-checker runti
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-4 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.6.2-2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.6.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libeel2-2 2.6.2-1 Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii libesd0 0.2.29-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.2.2-2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgail-common 1.4.1-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgail17 1.4.1-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.1-2 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt1 1.1.12-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.0-1 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.6.1-5 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.6.1.1-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.4.2-6 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii libgnomeprintui2.2-0 2.4.2-2 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture U
ii libgnomeui-0 2.6.1.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.6.1.1-3 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnomevfs2-common 2.6.1.1-3 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls7 0.8.12-5 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.3-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtksourceview1.0-0 0.7.0-2 Shared libraries for the GTK+ synt
ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.0-4 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parame...

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In , J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) (jdassen) wrote :

tags 256577 + sarge confirmed
forwarded 256577 http://bugs.debian.org/241706
retitle 256577 sarge's gedit broken by libeel2-2 ABI change
thanks

On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 15:39:41 -0400, Marco Robado wrote:
> gedit: relocation error: gedit: undefined symbol:
> eel_input_event_box_new

Known problem. This will be fixed as part of the cupsys transition for
sarge; see http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=gedit .
--
I love articles that remind you that one of the ingredients it recommends
playing with is a nasty mutagen.
 Timothy introducing "Recombinant DNA For The Home Hobbyist"
 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/18/1316258

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:29:16 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Marco Robado <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: gedit crashes on startup

tags 256577 + sarge confirmed
forwarded 256577 http://bugs.debian.org/241706
retitle 256577 sarge's gedit broken by libeel2-2 ABI change
thanks

On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 15:39:41 -0400, Marco Robado wrote:
> gedit: relocation error: gedit: undefined symbol:
> eel_input_event_box_new

Known problem. This will be fixed as part of the cupsys transition for
sarge; see http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=gedit .
--
I love articles that remind you that one of the ingredients it recommends
playing with is a nasty mutagen.
 Timothy introducing "Recombinant DNA For The Home Hobbyist"
 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/18/1316258

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In , Joe Drew (hoserhead) wrote : bug 256577

severity 256577 important
thanks

God, I hate these bug reports. It won't do much good to leave one there
unless it's below serious importance, though; the new gedit will never
go into sarge.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:37:01 -0400
From: Joe Drew <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: bug 256577

severity 256577 important
thanks

God, I hate these bug reports. It won't do much good to leave one there
unless it's below serious importance, though; the new gedit will never
go into sarge.

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In , J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) (jdassen) wrote : Re: Bug#258254: gedit: does not start at all

tags 258254 + confirmed sarge
forwarded 258254 http://bugs.debian.org/241706
merge 258254 256577
thanks

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 15:01:23 +0100, Joel Cross wrote:
> gedit: relocation error: gedit: undefined symbol:
> eel_input_event_box_new

RTFBTS.
--
Frankly, I think anybody's a fool to put (Microsoft operating system
Windows) XP on their computer. It's like installing a continuous, 24-hour
monitor on your mind.
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow in http://news.com.com/2008-1082-843349.html

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:59:35 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Joel Cross <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258254: gedit: does not start at all

tags 258254 + confirmed sarge
forwarded 258254 http://bugs.debian.org/241706
merge 258254 256577
thanks

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 15:01:23 +0100, Joel Cross wrote:
> gedit: relocation error: gedit: undefined symbol:
> eel_input_event_box_new

RTFBTS.
--
Frankly, I think anybody's a fool to put (Microsoft operating system
Windows) XP on their computer. It's like installing a continuous, 24-hour
monitor on your mind.
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow in http://news.com.com/2008-1082-843349.html

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In , Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote : Re: gedit: does not start at all

gedit 2.6.1 is in testing now, this bug is fixed, I'm closing it.

Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <1089809807.2499.19.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:56:47 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: gedit: does not start at all

gedit 2.6.1 is in testing now, this bug is fixed, I'm closing it.

Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher

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status: Unknown → Fix Released
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