gnome-panel crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()

[Eivind Kjørstad]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Crashes on bootup, but works as it should thereafter (if restarted). Happens consistently, i.e. the 4-5 times I've rebooted since I upgraded to Nattty, it has happened every time.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 12 15:40:48 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[fast_user_switch_screen0,trashapplet_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,window_list_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,notification_area_screen0,clock_screen0,applet_0,applet_1,applet_2]
 /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[browser_launcher_screen0,menu_bar_screen0,object_0,object_1,object_2,object_3,object_4,object_5]
 /apps/panel/general/show_program_list=true
 /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 g_assertion_message () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-panel crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-12 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors: (nautilus:2333): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

[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=0x0, file=0x80c857a "panel-lockdown.c", line=323, func=0x80c88c8 "panel_lockdown_get_locked_down", message=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gtestutils.c:1358
 g_assertion_message_expr (domain=0x0, file=0x80c857a "panel-lockdown.c", line=323, func=0x80c88c8 "panel_lockdown_get_locked_down", expr=0x80c86ac "panel_lockdown.initialized != FALSE") at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gtestutils.c:1369

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Got a crash on Precise i386 and it point to this report, so only adding terminal output:

oem@ubuntu:~$ gnome-panel --replace

Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
 Using the fallback 'C' locale.

GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_call_internal: assertion `(parameters == NULL) || g_variant_is_of_type (parameters, G_VARIANT_TYPE_TUPLE)' failed

GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_register_object: assertion `object_path != NULL && g_variant_is_object_path (object_path)' failed
**
GLib:ERROR:/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.4.tested/./glib/gvarianttypeinfo.c:165:g_variant_type_info_check: assertion failed: (info->alignment == 0 || info->alignment == 1 || info->alignment == 3 || info->alignment == 7)
Aborted (core dumped)

This is on a Lucid -> Precise dist-upgrade.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That report have silently died, as it did not get activity in the past 3 years. Since that report's date, ubuntu have done great testing before releasing packages, and so systems are now very stable, by far. So setting that report as invalid now.