virt-manager crashes when using system tray applet

[Tom Ellis]

Binary package hint: virt-manager

When starting or stopping a VM, virt-manager crashes.

output from 'virt-manager --no-fork --debug':

2010-11-08 15:06:31,517 (connection:1236): Connection doesn't seem to support interface APIs. Skipping all interface polling.
2010-11-08 15:06:31,587 (connection:214): Using HAL for netdev enumeration
2010-11-08 15:06:31,588 (connection:251): Using libvirt API for mediadev enumeration

(virt-manager:3416): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value: assertion `DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)' failed

(virt-manager:3416): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value: assertion `DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)' failed
2010-11-08 15:06:31,605 (manager:803): VM lhtest started
2010-11-08 15:06:34,666 (engine:766): Destroying vm 'lhtest'.

(virt-manager:3416): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value: assertion `DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)' failed
Segmentation fault

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: virt-manager 0.8.4-7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 8 15:07:27 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virt-manager

[Tom Ellis (tellis)]

it's worth mentioning that the action is carried out (start/stop) even though virt-manager segfaults....

[Tom Ellis (tellis)]

Workaround: Edit->Preferences->General - Disable "Enable system tray icon"

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Is this when running under unity?

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Are you connecting to a remote server, or is this happening locally?

[Tom Ellis (tellis)]

The connection is to localhost, not running under unity, but unity is installed.

[Tom Ellis (tellis)]

Actually, after a second look, unity is not installed, just standard-desktop

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Do you have the indicator applet in your panel?

[P (p92)]

same conditions, same behaviour here under kde 4.5.3.

 if the indicator applet is the little cercle with a number of waiting notification inside then yes I have this applet installed.

[Tom Ellis (tellis)]

Yes, the virt-manager applet is the one in the indicator-applet.

[Tom Ellis (tellis)]

This seems to be no longer occurring, not sure why as there has been zero updates for me in network-manager, perhaps this was fixed elsewhere.

[Max (maxter)]

i'm experiencing this problem too.
disabling the virt-manager indicator-applet fixes the problem.

this is the output from 'virt-manager --debug':

2011-01-14 09:46:27,126 (connection:1236): Connection doesn't seem to support interface APIs. Skipping all interface polling.
2011-01-14 09:46:27,195 (connection:214): Using HAL for netdev enumeration
2011-01-14 09:46:27,196 (connection:251): Using libvirt API for mediadev enumeration

(virt-manager:3918): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value: assertion `DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)' failed

(virt-manager:3918): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value: assertion `DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)' failed
2011-01-14 09:46:27,212 (manager:803): VM ebox started
2011-01-14 09:46:31,655 (engine:634): window counter incremented to 2
2011-01-14 09:46:34,939 (engine:812): Starting vm 'lubuntu-mav-alpha'.

(virt-manager:3918): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value: assertion `DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)' failed
Errore di segmentazione

[Max (maxter)]

ps. i'm running a 'bare' ubuntu desktop, unity is not installet, all happens locally and the indicator applet happily resides in the top bar with only the default applets inside (apart from the virt-manager applet, of course)

[P (p92)]

Yes this seems fixed in KDE 4.5.5 :)

[Max (maxter)]

@Pascal: this problem is not kde related.
i'm experienced it in Ubuntu with Gnome.
So i think that should not marked as 'fix released'