palimpsest crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

[Ricardo Ribeiro]

Binary package hint: gnome-disk-utility

While the device is mounted, i pressed the format button and the aplet crashed

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.30.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 6 18:05:08 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/palimpsest
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
ProcCmdline: palimpsest
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt:pt_BR:en
 LANG=pt_PT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x40a334: mov 0x8(%rax),%rax
 PC (0x0040a334) ok
 source "0x8(%rax)" (0x3b200000225) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rax" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 g_closure_invoke ()
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit_valist ()
Title: palimpsest crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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StacktraceTop:
 gdu_shell_get_toplevel (shell=0xffe650)
 on_format_button_clicked (
 g_closure_invoke (closure=0x11d0130,
 signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=0x1055ba0,
 g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x11cf8c0,

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629273

[Hanine HAMZIOUI (hanynowsky)]

I confirm the BUG on PRECISE Beta 2. Running on AMD64 (Ubuntu & Unity Shell).

Clicking on an unmounted partition made the utility crash!

[Hanine HAMZIOUI (hanynowsky)]

I need to add that this palimpset bug is likely to be related with NTFS partitions only.

I could not reproduce it acting on EXT4 or FAT partitions.