simple-scan crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()

[Christopher Kyle Horton]

Simple Scan crashed while trying to reproduce bug 532812. Steps followed:

1. Start Simple Scan. Check that it is set to scan in Photo mode.
2. Start a scan, then shortly after it begins filling in the image hit the cancel button.
3. Switch the scanning mode to Text.
4. Press the Scan button again, and again cancel the scan partway through.
5. Press the button for setting up a new document. Select "Discard all changes" in the dialog that pops up.
6. Press the Scan button again. Simple Scan will now crash and close.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: simple-scan 3.2.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-2.6-generic 3.2.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Dec 5 08:33:00 2011
DriverPackageVersions:
 libsane 1.0.22-2ubuntu2
 libsane-extras N/A
 hplip 3.11.10-1ubuntu1
 hpoj N/A
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/simple-scan
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M61PME-S2P
ProcCmdline: simple-scan
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-generic root=UUID=2d55fd3e-d932-47b9-abd6-a1fde1ec0453 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: simple-scan
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 free () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: simple-scan crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 11/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F6
dmi.board.name: M61PME-S2P
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF6:bd11/03/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnM61PME-S2P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM61PME-S2P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: M61PME-S2P
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f584d82f098 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (action=3, str=0x7f584d82c0af "free(): invalid pointer", ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:6283
 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3738
 hpaioPmlDeallocateObjects (hpaio=<optimized out>) at scan/sane/hpaio.c:604
 sane_hpaio_close (handle=0x16b0520) at scan/sane/hpaio.c:2347

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Michael Nagel (nailor)]

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Hi there,

thank you for filing this bug and showing your interest in Simple Scan!

This seems to be a Hardware Issue, i.e. Simple Scan does not support your scanner perfectly -- or possibly not at all.

Unfortunately such problems happen more often then they should, and while it might indeed be a problem with Simple Scan, in our experience, most of the time it is not.
This is why we prepared a check-list at [1] that will let you find out whether or not it really is a problem with Simple Scan and what your options are in either case.

Please read that list and tell us how you decided to proceed. I will set this bug to "Incomplete", so a friendly robot will expire this bug in 60 days if you do not respond. However, we would really prefer to hear back from you!

Best Regards
Michael

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SimpleScanHardwareIssues
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for simple-scan (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

This seems to be related to bug 930914 which is the top detected problem for Ubuntu 12.04 users with simple-scan (see https://errors.ubuntu.com/?release=Ubuntu%2012.04&package=simple-scan&period=month)