xfdesktop crashed with SIGSEGV in atk_action_get_n_actions()

[Jānis Kangarooo]

Binary package hint: xfdesktop4

something crashed to login and this came up when logged back in and opened FF but that crashed

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xfdesktop4 4.6.1-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 5 21:15:03 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xfdesktop
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: xfdesktop
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.utf8
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x3a3615 <atk_action_get_n_actions+37>: cmp (%edx),%eax
 PC (0x003a3615) ok
 source "(%edx)" (0x00000001) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: xfdesktop4
StacktraceTop:
 atk_action_get_n_actions () from /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 gtk_label_set_text () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 gtk_tooltip_set_text () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 ?? ()
Title: xfdesktop crashed with SIGSEGV in atk_action_get_n_actions()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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StacktraceTop:
 atk_action_get_n_actions (obj=0x83b32a0) at atkaction.c:84
 gtk_label_recalculate (label=<value optimized out>)
 IA__gtk_label_set_text (label=0x8225bb0,
 IA__gtk_tooltip_set_text (tooltip=0x81f6e78,
 xfdesktop_icon_view_show_tooltip (widget=0x81fd050, x=311,

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

This bug has been reported on Ubuntu Launchpad as:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601997

xfdesktop crashed with SIGSEGV in atk_action_get_n_actions()

something crashed to login and this came up when logged back in and opened FF but that crashed

Package: xfdesktop4 4.6.1-1ubuntu3

Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686

Architecture: i386

Distribution release: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)

ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.utf8

SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x3a3615 <atk_action_get_n_actions+37>: cmp (%edx),%eax
 PC (0x003a3615) ok
 source "(%edx)" (0x00000001) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA

Signal: 11

StacktraceTop:
 atk_action_get_n_actions (obj=0x83b32a0) at atkaction.c:84
 gtk_label_recalculate (label=<value optimized out>)
 IA__gtk_label_set_text (label=0x8225bb0,
 IA__gtk_tooltip_set_text (tooltip=0x81f6e78,
 xfdesktop_icon_view_show_tooltip (widget=0x81fd050, x=311,

Stacktrace available:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51423648/Stacktrace.txt

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

 Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6594

Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this crash still reproducible in currently supported Ubuntu releases?

[Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)]

Closing this report.

[Eric Koegel (eric-koegel)]

4.6 is rather old and since there have been no new reports in the last couple years, marking resolved.