gnome-language-selector assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x06673272 ***

[Wynand Winterbach]

Binary package hint: language-selector

Description: Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04

language-selector:
  Installed: 0.20
  Candidate: 0.20
  Version table:
 *** 0.20 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I was trying to close the program, but it hanged and then crashed with the pointer problem.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x06673272 ***
Date: Sun Feb 27 12:29:47 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_ZA.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: language-selector
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x49771c "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (action=<value optimized out>, str=<value optimized out>, ptr=0x6673272) at malloc.c:6283
Title: gnome-language-selector assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x06673272 ***
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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #707585, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.