gjs-console crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

[Michael Eden]

This application crashed while attempting to open a 24.5 MB PDF File (which had graphics). It crashed on its startup.

I am on Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) running version 1.38.1-0ubuntu2 of gjs. I am using Gnome 3.10 instead of Unity from this ppa:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3-next/ubuntu trusty main

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gjs 1.38.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-7.26-generic 3.13.1
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Feb 6 20:28:36 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gjs-console
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-26 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140124)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gjs-console -I /usr/share/gnome-documents/js -c const\ Main\ =\ imports.main;\ Main.start(); --no-default-window
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f6fb0a1a267 <g_type_check_instance_cast+71>: movzbl 0x16(%r9),%eax
 PC (0x7f6fb0a1a267) ok
 source "0x16(%r9)" (0x0001f1c2) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gjs
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 gjs_value_from_g_argument () from /usr/lib/libgjs.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgjs.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgjs.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmozjs-17.0.so.0
Title: gjs-console crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast (type_instance=0x27ed270, iface_type=iface_type@entry=80) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.39.4/./gobject/gtype.c:4003
 gjs_value_from_g_argument (context=context@entry=0x1c6aa60, value_p=value_p@entry=0x7fff27224380, type_info=type_info@entry=0x7fff27224550, arg=arg@entry=0x7fff27224530, copy_structs=copy_structs@entry=1) at gi/arg.c:2623
 gjs_invoke_c_function (context=context@entry=0x1c6aa60, function=function@entry=0x265d520, obj=obj@entry=0x7f6f9458b880, js_argc=js_argc@entry=1, js_argv=js_argv@entry=0x7f6fa9f15208, js_rval=js_rval@entry=0x7fff27224720) at gi/function.c:950
 function_call (context=0x1c6aa60, js_argc=1, vp=0x7f6fa9f151f8) at gi/function.c:1203
 CallJSNative (args=..., native=<optimized out>, cx=0x1c6aa60) at ./jscntxtinlines.h:372

[Tim Lunn (darkxst)]

Trusty now has an updated gjs/spidermonkey stack, can you try to reproduce the issue with the latest packages.

[Bob Bosak (bbosak2143)]

Have the same exact problem and is now 2014-3-11

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gjs (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]