Binary package hint: padevchooser
padevchooser does not start from the menu. Running it from command line outputs:
$ padevchooser
WARNING: Unhandled message: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable, path=/, member=Introspect
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkStatusIcon' to `GtkWidget'
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_new: assertion `attach == NULL || GTK_IS_WIDGET(attach)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_category: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_urgency: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_show: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkStatusIcon' to `GtkWidget'
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_new: assertion `attach == NULL || GTK_IS_WIDGET(attach)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_category: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_urgency: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_show: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkStatusIcon' to `GtkWidget'
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_new: assertion `attach == NULL || GTK_IS_WIDGET(attach)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_category: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_urgency: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_show: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkStatusIcon' to `GtkWidget'
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_new: assertion `attach == NULL || GTK_IS_WIDGET(attach)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_category: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_urgency: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_show: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkStatusIcon' to `GtkWidget'
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_new: assertion `attach == NULL || GTK_IS_WIDGET(attach)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_category: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_urgency: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_show: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkStatusIcon' to `GtkWidget'
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_new: assertion `attach == NULL || GTK_IS_WIDGET(attach)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_category: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_set_urgency: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(padevchooser:5491): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(padevchooser:5491): libnotify-CRITICAL **: notify_notification_show: assertion `notification != NULL' failed
After this it does nothing until ctrl-c is pressed.
Tested on Karmic with up to date packages.
The bug still exists in Maverick. Backtrace (probably useless):
(gdb) bt full unix/sysv/ linux/poll. c:87 buildd/ glib2.0- 2.26.0/ glib/gpoll. c:132 buildd/ glib2.0- 2.26.0/ glib/gmain. c:3093 context_ iterate (context=0x807c710, block=<value optimized out>, dispatch=1, self=0x8052900) buildd/ glib2.0- 2.26.0/ glib/gmain. c:2775
max_priority = 2147483647
allocated_ nfds = <value optimized out>
__PRETTY_ FUNCTION_ _ = "g_main_ context_ iterate" buildd/ glib2.0- 2.26.0/ glib/gmain. c:2988
__PRETTY_ FUNCTION_ _ = "g_main_loop_run" buildd/ gtk+2.0- 2.22.0/ gtk/gtkmain. c:1237 end=0xbffff46c) at libc-start.c:226
not_first_ call = <value optimized out>
#0 0x0012e416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00ca2df6 in __poll (fds=0xd3aff4, nfds=9, timeout=-1) at ../sysdeps/
resultvar = <value optimized out>
oldtype = 0
result = <value optimized out>
#2 0x00b13a1b in g_poll (fds=0x80db818, nfds=9, timeout=-1) at /build/
No locals.
#3 0x00b0643c in g_main_context_poll (context=0x807c710, block=<value optimized out>, dispatch=1, self=0x8052900)
at /build/
poll_func = 0xb139f0 <g_poll>
#4 g_main_
at /build/
timeout = -1
some_ready = <value optimized out>
nfds = 9
fds = <value optimized out>
#5 0x00b06ba7 in g_main_loop_run (loop=0x8120ce0) at /build/
self = 0x8052900
#6 0x002da1d9 in IA__gtk_main () at /build/
tmp_list = 0x8111938
functions = 0x0
init = 0x80b4db0
loop = 0x8120ce0
#7 0x0804c4b8 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#8 0x00bf7ce7 in __libc_start_main (main=0x804b7f0, argc=1, ubp_av=0xbffff474, init=0x804ce10, fini=0x804ce00, rtld_fini=0x11eac0 <_dl_fini>,
stack_
result = <value optimized out>
unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {13873140, 0, 0, -1073744824, 1835107132, -327189950}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {
0x0, 0x0, 0x1, 0x804a5e0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 1}}}
#9 0x0804a601 in ?? ()