gaim crash on ubuntu dapper

[Celso Pinto]

gaim, version 1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu2 , started crashing. I haven't done
any changes and the backtrace suggests that may be something related to the
buddy list.

The bt is:
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb778262f in wcscoll_l () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#1 0xb7781bb1 in wcscoll () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2 0xb7890f06 in g_utf8_collate () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x080943c7 in gaim_utf8_strcasecmp ()
#4 0x080b1807 in gaim_gtk_blist_refresh ()
#5 0x080afbf6 in gaim_gtk_blist_sort_method_unreg ()
#6 0x080b03c0 in gaim_gtk_blist_refresh ()
#7 0x080afd46 in gaim_gtk_blist_sort_method_unreg ()
#8 0x0808d2c0 in serv_got_update ()
#9 0xb710e620 in msn_user_update () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#10 0xb71046bd in msn_notification_close () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#11 0xb70faee4 in msn_cmdproc_process_cmd () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#12 0xb70fb033 in msn_cmdproc_process_cmd_text () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#13 0xb7107cef in msn_servconn_write () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#14 0x080c7cf6 in gaim_gtkdialogs_remove_chat ()
#15 0xb78948dc in g_vasprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#16 0xb786e4e7 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#17 0xb78714d6 in g_main_context_check () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#18 0xb78717f8 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#19 0xb7cc1da5 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#20 0x080f41f7 in main ()

[Luke Schierer (lschiere)]

please run gaim with the -d flag and cause it to duplicate this crash (if
possible). Hopefully you can do so and then attach a debug log here. You will
want to filter the file as 1.x has an unfortunate tendency to sometimes print
password information to the -d output.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug. That seems to be a glib issue. Could you get a backtrace
with libglib2.0-0-dbg installed?

[Celso Pinto (cpinto)]

I can't crash it anymore. I've tried a couple of times but no luck. I've
installed the dbg package and if it happens again I'll post the requested
information.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Then I'll close this bug for now. Feel free to reopen if the problem appears again.

[Celso Pinto (cpinto)]

Here's the bt with dbg symbols installed. This is because of some japanese(?)
characters

(gdb) bt
#0 0xb76e562f in wcscoll_l () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#1 0xb76e4bb1 in wcscoll () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2 0xb77f3f06 in IA__g_utf8_collate (str1=0x8318dc0 "mayan_武士 (instead of war
on poverty they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me)",
    str2=0x8318e48 "mayan_武士 (instead of war on poverty they got a war on
drugs so the police can bother me)") at gunicollate.c:65
#3 0x080943c7 in gaim_utf8_strcasecmp ()
#4 0x080b1807 in gaim_gtk_blist_refresh ()
#5 0x080afbf6 in gaim_gtk_blist_sort_method_unreg ()
#6 0x080b03c0 in gaim_gtk_blist_refresh ()
#7 0x080afd46 in gaim_gtk_blist_sort_method_unreg ()
#8 0x0808d2c0 in serv_got_update ()
#9 0xb7070620 in msn_user_update () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#10 0xb70666bd in msn_notification_close () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#11 0xb705cee4 in msn_cmdproc_process_cmd () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#12 0xb705d033 in msn_cmdproc_process_cmd_text () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#13 0xb7069cef in msn_servconn_write () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#14 0x080c7cf6 in gaim_gtkdialogs_remove_chat ()
#15 0xb77f78dc in g_io_unix_dispatch (source=0x82cbe20, callback=0x80c7cb9
<gaim_gtkdialogs_remove_chat+329>, user_data=0xb73293d0) at giounix.c:162
#16 0xb77d14e7 in IA__g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x8144ce8) at gmain.c:1913
#17 0xb77d44d6 in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x8144ce8, block=1,
dispatch=1, self=0x816fec8) at gmain.c:2544
#18 0xb77d47f8 in IA__g_main_loop_run (loop=0x82c1d38) at gmain.c:2748
#19 0xb7c24da5 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#20 0x080f41f7 in main ()

[Luke Schierer (lschiere)]

a debug log, from running gaim with the -d flag, would still help. as best Stu
and I can tell from the output here, that is valid UTF-8, so perhaps its a glib
issue?

[Chris Irwin (chrisirwin)]

(In reply to comment #6)
> a debug log, from running gaim with the -d flag, would still help. as best Stu
> and I can tell from the output here, that is valid UTF-8, so perhaps its a glib
> issue?

I also encountered this issue. It turned out to be related to a buddy with
extended characters in his name. "¬Šђαŵŋ -"

Adding an alias in ~/.gaim/blist.xml works around the issue (oddly enough, I can
view his name via gaim's "Get Info" just fine).

I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with gdb, so I just redirected the output of
running `gaim -d` within gdb, and the backtrace, to a file. If you need anything
else, just let me know.

[Chris Irwin (chrisirwin)]

Created an attachment (id=5647)
gdb backtrace of `gaim -d`

Textual output of gdb backtrace

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Looks like a duplicate of bug #28640, reassigning and marking as duplicate, feel free to reopen if you still get the issue