gnome-control-center crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message (domain=0x2b9d06 "GLib", file=0x3021a8 "/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c"()

[Fabio Duran Verdugo]

Steps for reproduce.
- go to gnome-control-center.
- Go printers
- press Add New Printer (is the first printer to install and the usb and USB cable not connected to the computer)
- crash.

always reproducible

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.1.3-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jul 16 15:28:14 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center printers
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 g_assertion_message (domain=0x2b9d06 "GLib", file=0x3021a8 "/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c", line=172, func=0x3023f0 "g_variant_type_info_check", message=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gtestutils.c:1425
 g_assertion_message_cmpnum (domain=0x2b9d06 "GLib", file=0x3021a8 "/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c", line=172, func=0x3023f0 "g_variant_type_info_check", expr=0x302157 "container->ref_count > 0", arg1=0, cmp=0x2bad42 ">", arg2=0, numtype=105 'i') at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gtestutils.c:1459
Title: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-15 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 g_assertion_message (domain=0x2b9d06 "GLib", file=0x3021a8 "/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c", line=172, func=0x3023f0 "g_variant_type_info_check", message=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gtestutils.c:1425
 g_assertion_message_cmpnum (domain=0x2b9d06 "GLib", file=0x3021a8 "/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c", line=172, func=0x3023f0 "g_variant_type_info_check", expr=0x302157 "container->ref_count > 0", arg1=0, cmp=0x2bad42 ">", arg2=0, numtype=105 'i') at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.29.10/./glib/gtestutils.c:1459

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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