vim.gnome assert failure: *** glibc detected *** gvim: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x099ec6e0 ***

[Matthew Hollis]

Binary package hint: vim

Seems to happen while multitasking with several windows open. Minimizing or trying to access the options in the to panel.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: vim-gnome 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic-pae 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** gvim: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x099ec6e0 ***
Date: Sun Apr 3 22:00:49 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.gnome
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007.1)
ProcCmdline: gvim /boot/grub
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: vim
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: vim.gnome assert failure: *** glibc detected *** gvim: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x099ec6e0 ***
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (3 days ago)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0xb6d5376c "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (action=<value optimized out>, str=<value optimized out>, ptr=0x99ec6e0) at malloc.c:6283

[Matthew Hollis (mdhollis)]

This was also followed by Bug #724874.

[Matthew Hollis (mdhollis)]

This is not reproducible anymore. It happened during the developmental stages of 11.04