Comment 10 for bug 888661

Hi,

Why after 3 years this bug report was started, (and the other ones affecting redshift) it has not yet been solved? I also use Archlinux daily and there redshift gtk has worked each day without ever failing, so there must be something wrong with the compiling, or the packaging, or the source?

I tried to install it again today after several months not trying. Here are the relevant information:

$ uname -a
Linux peluche 3.8.0-37-generic #53~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 19 21:39:14 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

$ gdb redshift
GNU gdb (Ubuntu/Linaro 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2.1) 7.4-2012.04
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://bugs.launchpad.net/gdb-linaro/>...
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/redshift...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/redshift
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".

(process:5221): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_instance_get_private: assertion `instance != NULL && instance->g_class != NULL' failed

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0xb7fc93a6 in geoclue_master_client_set_requirements ()
   from /usr/lib/libgeoclue.so.0
(gdb) continue
Continuing.

Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
The program no longer exists.
(gdb)

and I am adding an strace invoked against /usr/bin/redshift as a txt file as attachment. Indeed it crashes very nicely. :/

Please sir devs and packagers, try to fix it! This program is very good for the sake of the sight.

Regards,
Mélodie