Gnome System Log fails to start

Bug #30980 reported by PeterShinners
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-utils
Fix Released
Critical
gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

There is an error at early startup with gnome-system-log. The gnome "crashed" dialog does not come up, it just hangs. Running from the terminal I get this output.

pete@petebox:~$ gnome-system-log -V
Log Viewer - Version 2.13.90
Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Vincent Noel and others

pete@petebox:~$ gnome-system-log
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x0811c2e0 ***

Tried to run it under gdm, but the symbols are stripped, I can only see the top 6 functions starting with a g_free().

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. It's known upstream and fixed in CVS already: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329878

Changed in gnome-utils:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → dholbach
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-utils:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

This upload fixes the issue:

 gnome-utils (2.13.92-0ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version:
     GNOME Search Tool
     - Zip
     GNOME Dictionary, fixes:
     - warn the user if a file with the same name of the data directory is found
     - support look up of multiple words from the command line.
     - avoid misplacing of the applet's window.
     - make the dictionary server response parsing a bit more robust
       (Ubuntu: #31077)
     - fix --look-up option to work without having to press enter
       (Ubuntu: #31222)
     GNOME Screenshot, fixes:
     - translate file name when saving by drag'n'drop.
     - warn when using a wrong command line argument.
     GNOME Floppy, fixes:
     - fix HAL include path.
     GNOME Log Viewer:
     - Code base clean up patch
     - fix a crasher (Ubuntu: #30980)
     Translations updates:
     bg [Rostislav Raykov], ca [Josep Puigdemont],
     es [Francisco Javier F. Serrador], fi [Ilkka Tuohela],
     gl [Ignacio Casal Quinteiro], gu [Ankit Patel], nb [Øivind Hoel]
     nl [Tino Meinen], pt_BR [Raphael Higino], sr [Слободан Д. Средојевић],
     th [Theppitak Karoonboonyanan], zh_CN [Funda Wang]

Changed in gnome-utils:
assignee: dholbach → desktop-bugs
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-utils:
importance: Unknown → Critical
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