[apport] usplash crashed with SIGILL

[Alex Wauck]

Binary package hint: usplash

usplash crashed during boot. Oddly, the progress bar seemed to fill up most of the way, but the messages that came after the crash indicated that there was still a lot of work to do.

ProblemType: Crash
Date: Thu Feb 15 15:34:23 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /sbin/usplash
Package: usplash 0.4-41
ProcCmdline: /sbin/usplash -c -x 1024 -y 768
ProcCwd: /dev/.initramfs
ProcEnviron: PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
Signal: 4
SourcePackage: usplash
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/libx86.so.1
 ?? () from /lib/libx86.so.1
 ?? ()
ThreadStacktrace:
 .
 Thread 1 (process 16026):
 #0 0xb7d1cf6a in ?? () from /lib/libx86.so.1
 #1 0xb7d1e800 in ?? () from /lib/libx86.so.1
 #2 0x00000000 in ?? ()
Uname: Linux scorpion 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
UserGroups:

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Thank you for your bug report.

Unfortunately the stack trace / backtrace is not detailed enough to help. If this bug is reproducible at will, could you please:

1. add to your /etc/apt/sources.list the debug symbols repository? You can edit it directly with the editor of your preference (as root), and add at the bottom the following line:

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/ddebs feisty main universe

You can also use Synaptic (under Gnome, go to System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager and then, on Synaptic, select Settings/Repositories, and add the entry under the "Third Party" tab.

Please read on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash?highlight=%28%2F%2Fpeople.ubuntu.com%2F%7Epitti%2Fddebs%29 for details.

2. update the repositories, but do not install any upgraded package.

3. Now we have two options: we can just retrace the report you have, or we can try to reproduce it. I think, right now, retracing is simpler.

Your issue report should be at /var/crash. Open a terminal session, and then:

cd /var/crash

Find the name of the bug report, and issue

apport-retrace <name of the most recent bug report file> -o 86728.retrace

this command will take a bit to complete, and during its execution it will download any necessary debug packages.

After the completion of the retrace, please upload the newly-created report here.

Thank you.

[Alex Wauck (awauck)]

I'm having more problems with usplash (i.e. it doesn't even show up anymore),
and the crash report currently in /var/crash is dated March 1st, while the
bug was reported in February. I think I'll reinstall from Herd 5 (I think
this install originated from Herd 3) and see what happens then. I suspect
something strange happened during upgrades, especially since this doesn't
seem to be a problem for anybody else.

Alex

On Thursday 08 March 2007 12:05:21 pm hggdh wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report.
>
> Unfortunately the stack trace / backtrace is not detailed enough to
> help. If this bug is reproducible at will, could you please:
>
> 1. add to your /etc/apt/sources.list the debug symbols repository? You
> can edit it directly with the editor of your preference (as root), and
> add at the bottom the following line:
>
> deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/ddebs feisty main universe
>
> You can also use Synaptic (under Gnome, go to
> System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager and then, on Synaptic,
> select Settings/Repositories, and add the entry under the "Third Party"
> tab.
>
> Please read on
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash?highlight=%28%2F%2Fpeople.ubu
>ntu.com%2F%7Epitti%2Fddebs%29 for details.
>
> 2. update the repositories, but do not install any upgraded package.
>
> 3. Now we have two options: we can just retrace the report you have, or
> we can try to reproduce it. I think, right now, retracing is simpler.
>
> Your issue report should be at /var/crash. Open a terminal session, and
> then:
>
> cd /var/crash
>
> Find the name of the bug report, and issue
>
> apport-retrace <name of the most recent bug report file> -o
> 86728.retrace
>
> this command will take a bit to complete, and during its execution it
> will download any necessary debug packages.
>
> After the completion of the retrace, please upload the newly-created
> report here.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> ** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => hggdh
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Actually, we have some other bugs similar to yours. Also, the current usplash (0.4-43) *did* fix some memory issues that could cause a series of problems, perhaps similar to yours. In fact, the maintainer stated "causing all sorts of unpredictable problems".

So... I think the best option right now is for us to wait a bit on this one, since it may have been fixed by 0.4-43. Better safe than sorry, and all of that.

On not seeing usplash at all: this is a different issue, and I would like you to open a new bug on it. Please specify the usplash version and, if you are running kubuntu, please also specify the version of kubuntu-artwork-usplash (or the corresponding artwork package).