SIGSEGV from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libwebkitgtk-1.0.so.0

[Michael Murphy]

Attached is a backtrace log. Happens often regardless of the website. For example, clicking through pages on Phoronix will eventually trigger a segfault.

Also tested on a fresh installation of Xubuntu 14.04 amd64.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: midori 0.4.3+dfsg-0.1
Uname: Linux 3.14.0-031400rc7-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Mar 22 16:04:17 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-17 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20140216)
SourcePackage: midori
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

It renders essential functionality of the package (or a dependent one) broken.

[gue5t gue5t (gue5t)]

The first step to understanding this problem would be to see if it occurs with a current version of Midori; 0.4.3 is very old. This looks like a webkit bug, which would best be reported to the webkitgtk+ bug tracker if the same crashes occur when visiting the sites after starting Midori with the command "midori --plain". It's impossible to tell more about what the crash is without having debug information for the webkitgtk+ library installed when Midori crashes.

[Michael Murphy (mmstick)]

If Midori 0.4.3 is so old, then why is Trusty still shipping with it? Considering it's in Trusty repos, it should be supported. Installing libwebkitgtk dbg would require me to install ~3GB of content on my small partition which I cannot do. Midori does not recognize --plain as an option.

mmstick@mmstick-PC:~$ midori --plain
Midori - Unknown option --plain

[Marc Balmer (marc-wz6bkyh)]

This bug is caused by a bug in the underlying libcairo, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkitgtk/+bug/1391857 for details.