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banshee --debug crashes with "Could not read add-in description"

Bug #823956 reported by Chow Loong Jin
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Bug Description

  affects ubuntu/mono-addins
  subscribe mbp
  subscribe hyperair

Originally from
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/823723/comments/3:

banshee --debug crashes as follows, without hanging:

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

An unhandled exception was thrown: Could not read add-in description

  at Mono.Addins.Addin.get_Description () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.ExtensionContext.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinEngine.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename
unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.Database.AddinDatabase.ResetCachedData () [0x00000]
in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.Database.AddinDatabase.Update (IProgressStatus
monitor, System.String domain) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.Database.AddinDatabase.Repair (IProgressStatus
monitor, System.String domain) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinRegistry.Rebuild (IProgressStatus monitor)
[0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.InitializeAddins () [0x00075]
in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.ServiceStack/ServiceManager.cs:86
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.DefaultInitialize ()
[0x00005] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.ServiceStack/ServiceManager.cs:119
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.Application.Initialize () [0x00000] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.ServiceStack/Application.cs:80
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Initialize (Boolean
registerCommonServices) [0x00010] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui/GtkBaseClient.cs:143
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor (Boolean initializeDefault,
System.String defaultIconName) [0x00013] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui/GtkBaseClient.cs:95
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Nereid.Client..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at (wrapper managed-to-native)
System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke
(System.Reflection.MonoCMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr,
System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename
unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[]
parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean
nonPublic) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup () [0x00000] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui/GtkBaseClient.cs:82
  at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup
(Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup) [0x00044] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Hyena/Hyena.Gui/Hyena.Gui/CleanRoomStartup.cs:54

.NET Version: 4.0.30319.1
OS Version: Unix 3.0.0.8

Assembly Version Information:

System.Xml (4.0.0.0)
Banshee.Core (2.1.0.0)
Hyena.Data.Sqlite (2.1.0.0)
gdk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
Mono.Addins (0.6.0.0)
atk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
Hyena.Gui (2.1.0.0)
Mono.Posix (4.0.0.0)
gtk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
Banshee.ThickClient (2.1.0.0)
Nereid (2.1.0.0)
DBus.Proxies (0.0.0.0)
System.Core (4.0.0.0)
Hyena (2.1.0.0)
dbus-sharp (1.0.0.0)
glib-sharp (2.12.0.0)
System (4.0.0.0)
Banshee.Services (2.1.0.0)
Banshee (2.1.0.0)
mscorlib (4.0.0.0)

Platform Information: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Disribution Information:

[/etc/lsb-release]
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)"

[/etc/debian_version]
wheezy/sid

mbp@grace% banshee --debug
** Running Mono with --debug **
[1 Info 16:23:32.182] Running Banshee 2.1.0: [Ubuntu oneiric
(development branch) (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2011-07-13 10:41:18 UTC]
[1 Debug 16:23:32.230] Initializing GTK
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown
by the target of an invocation. ---> System.InvalidOperationException:
Could not read add-in description
  at Mono.Addins.Addin.get_Description () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.ExtensionContext.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinEngine.ResetCachedData () [0x00000] in <filename
unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.Database.AddinDatabase.ResetCachedData () [0x00000]
in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.Database.AddinDatabase.Update (IProgressStatus
monitor, System.String domain) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.Database.AddinDatabase.Repair (IProgressStatus
monitor, System.String domain) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinRegistry.Rebuild (IProgressStatus monitor)
[0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.InitializeAddins () [0x00075]
in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.ServiceStack/ServiceManager.cs:86
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.DefaultInitialize ()
[0x00005] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.ServiceStack/ServiceManager.cs:119
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.Application.Initialize () [0x00000] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.ServiceStack/Application.cs:80
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Initialize (Boolean
registerCommonServices) [0x00010] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui/GtkBaseClient.cs:143
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor (Boolean initializeDefault,
System.String defaultIconName) [0x00013] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui/GtkBaseClient.cs:95
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Nereid.Client..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at (wrapper managed-to-native)
System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke
(System.Reflection.MonoCMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr,
System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename
unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[]
parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean
nonPublic) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup () [0x00000] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui/GtkBaseClient.cs:82
  at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup
(Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup) [0x00044] in
/build/buildd/banshee-2.1.0/src/Hyena/Hyena.Gui/Hyena.Gui/CleanRoomStartup.cs:54
banshee --debug 2.84s user 0.18s system 5% cpu 58.262 total

Attached is a patch that may fix this issue. Martin, could you test patching
mono-addins with this patch please?

--
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

Tags: patch
Revision history for this message
Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote : Fwd: Re: [Bug 823723] [NEW] banshee interface becomes unresponsive while playing radio stream
summary: - Fwd: Re: [Bug 823723] [NEW] banshee interface becomes unresponsive while
- playing radio stream
+ banshee --debug crashes with "Could not read add-in description"
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Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote :

Just to confirm, Martin, does "banshee --debug" cause this crash all the time without the patch?

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Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote :

11:24:25 <poolie> no, i' hadn't applied that, so apparently the crash is intermittent or environment dependent

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in mono-addins (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "mono-addins-debug-crash.patch" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-sponsors please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

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tags: added: patch
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Andres G. Aragoneses (knocte) wrote :

FYI: same crash reported upstream, and with line numbers in the stacktrace:

http://monoaddins.codeplex.com/workitem/8364

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