systemsettings assert failure: *** glibc detected *** systemsettings: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0a0dbfe0 ***

[Mitch Golden]

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

Mitch be the same as 436748 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436748), but the message is slightly different and this didn't occur during an update. Instead, I was simply trying to select the Policy Kit Authorization settings on the Advanced tab of the System Settings app.

Release: Kubuntu 8.10 beta
Package version: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** systemsettings: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0a0dbfe0 ***
Date: Tue Oct 6 23:49:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/systemsettings
Package: systemsettings 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/systemsettings -caption System\ Settings -icon preferences-system
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: systemsettings assert failure: *** glibc detected *** systemsettings: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0a0dbfe0 ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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