gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash()

[H.P. Schaufelberger]

Crashed after installing a deb-Package with gdebi

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.8.2-1ubuntu2~raring2 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 2 11:42:01 2013
DisplayManager: gdm
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true'
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_CH:de
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb6a5277a <g_str_hash+10>: movsbl (%ecx),%edx
 PC (0xb6a5277a) ok
 source "(%ecx)" (0x00000001) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_str_hash () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
 g_hash_table_lookup () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
 gtk_icon_theme_lookup_by_gicon () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Dabo Ross (daboross)]

This happened to me once while using aptitude.

[GroovyMotion (flywaver)]

same here, after updating to shell 3.8.2 via the gnome3 team PPA and reinstalling ubuntu-tweak after the upgrade

[tr33m4n (tr33m4n)]

Happened to me after installing a package through Synaptic. Gnome 3.8.2

[Akeel Alleyne (a-z-alleyne)]

Same happened to me but after I had installed grub configurator

[aionna (aionna-deactivatedaccount)]

Happened when i used synapric to install an application . Gnome 3.8.2

[Keith Drummond (kd353)]

Crashed for me after installing xchat via the Ubuntu Software Centre, but it did relaunch itself after freezing up for about a minute. (Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 with the Gnome 3 PPA)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[David Paul Bolding (davebold370)]

Using ubuntu 13.10 x64, with Gnome 3.8 installed along side unity. crashed while installing a browser.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1186694

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+3.0 - 3.8.2-3ubuntu4

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gtk+3.0 (3.8.2-3ubuntu4) saucy; urgency=low

  * Add new symbol from last upload

gtk+3.0 (3.8.2-3ubuntu3) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches: Cherrypick upstream git iconcache fixes (LP: #1186694)
    - git_iconcache_ref_GtkIconData.patch
    - git_icontheme_move_changed_emission.patch
  * debian/patches/git_disable_frame_sync_gtkplug.patch:
    - Fixes gnome-screensaver not redrawing when used with lightdm
      on gnome-shell (LP: #1181632)
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:53:35 -0400