On Intrepid, got same symptoms but following information dumped on terminal : *** glibc detected *** xsane: corrupted double-linked list: 0x00000000014805f0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/libc.so.6[0x7ff5eb74b9e8] /lib/libc.so.6[0x7ff5eb74ddee] /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7ff5eb74e036] xsane[0x4200d6] xsane[0x42a48e] xsane[0x42b63e] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x16d)[0x7ff5ec7f626d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ec80bf8d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7b8)[0x7ff5ec80d658] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x83)[0x7ff5ec80db83] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ee6602dd] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x16d)[0x7ff5ec7f626d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ec80b888] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7b8)[0x7ff5ec80d658] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x83)[0x7ff5ec80db83] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ee65f50d] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ee704698] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x16d)[0x7ff5ec7f626d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ec80bc4b] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x63a)[0x7ff5ec80d4da] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x83)[0x7ff5ec80db83] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ee80770e] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_propagate_event+0xe3)[0x7ff5ee6fd023] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main_do_event+0x2f3)[0x7ff5ee6fe153] /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ee38140c] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x232)[0x7ff5ec359d62] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0x7ff5ec35d4fd] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1cd)[0x7ff5ec35da2d] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xa7)[0x7ff5ee6fe557] xsane[0x4766a2] xsane[0x47761d] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x7ff5eb6f0466] xsane[0x409f49] ======= Memory map: ======== 00400000-00497000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8143930 /usr/bin/xsane 00696000-00697000 r--p 00096000 08:06 8143930 /usr/bin/xsane 00697000-006a0000 rw-p 00097000 08:06 8143930 /usr/bin/xsane 006a0000-006a1000 rw-p 006a0000 00:00 0 010a9000-0162d000 rw-p 010a9000 00:00 0 [heap] 7ff5d4000000-7ff5d4021000 rw-p 7ff5d4000000 00:00 0 7ff5d4021000-7ff5d8000000 ---p 7ff5d4021000 00:00 0 7ff5d8da8000-7ff5d8dbe000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 10879000 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7ff5d8dbe000-7ff5d8fbd000 ---p 00016000 08:06 10879000 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7ff5d8fbd000-7ff5d8fbe000 r--p 00015000 08:06 10879000 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7ff5d8fbe000-7ff5d8fbf000 rw-p 00016000 08:06 10879000 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7ff5d8fbf000-7ff5d8fc0000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 6165518 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.so 7ff5d8fc0000-7ff5d91c0000 ---p 00001000 08:06 6165518 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.so 7ff5d91c0000-7ff5d91c1000 r--p 00001000 08:06 6165518 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.so 7ff5d91c1000-7ff5d91c2000 rw-p 00002000 08:06 6165518 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.so 7ff5d91c2000-7ff5d920e000 r--p 00000000 08:06 8077326 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf 7ff5d93f0000-7ff5d9450000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 5898389 /SYSV00000000 (deleted) 7ff5d9450000-7ff5d945f000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 10879092 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 7ff5d945f000-7ff5d965f000 ---p 0000f000 08:06 10879092 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 7ff5d965f000-7ff5d9660000 r--p 0000f000 08:06 10879092 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 7ff5d9660000-7ff5d9661000 rw-p 00010000 08:06 10879092 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 7ff5d9661000-7ff5d97b4000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8145424 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32 7ff5d97b4000-7ff5d99b3000 ---p 00153000 08:06 8145424 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32 7ff5d99b3000-7ff5d99bb000 r--p 00152000 08:06 8145424 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32 7ff5d99bb000-7ff5d99bd000 rw-p 0015a000 08:06 8145424 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32 7ff5d99bd000-7ff5d99be000 rw-p 7ff5d99bd000 00:00 0 7ff5d99be000-7ff5d99f4000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8147238 /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1 7ff5d99f4000-7ff5d9bf3000 ---p 00036000 08:06 8147238 /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1 7ff5d9bf3000-7ff5d9bf7000 rw-p 00035000 08:06 8147238 /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1 7ff5d9bf7000-7ff5d9c2d000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8144465 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.8 7ff5d9c2d000-7ff5d9e2c000 ---p 00036000 08:06 8144465 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.8 7ff5d9e2c000-7ff5d9e2f000 r--p 00035000 08:06 8144465 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.8 7ff5d9e2f000-7ff5d9e30000 rw-p 00038000 08:06 8144465 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.8 7ff5d9e30000-7ff5d9e31000 rw-p 7ff5d9e30000 00:00 0 7ff5d9e31000-7ff5d9e65000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8143031 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2 7ff5d9e65000-7ff5da065000 ---p 00034000 08:06 8143031 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2 7ff5da065000-7ff5da067000 rw-p 00034000 08:06 8143031 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2 7ff5da076000-7ff5da086000 r--p 00000000 08:06 8405601 /usr/share/locale-langpack/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sane-backends.mo 7ff5da086000-7ff5da088000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8209270 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so 7ff5da088000-7ff5da287000 ---p 00002000 08:06 8209270 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so 7ff5da287000-7ff5da288000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 8209270 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so 7ff5da288000-7ff5da28a000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 10879369 /lib/libutil-2.8.90.so 7ff5da28a000-7ff5da489000 ---p 00002000 08:06 10879369 /lib/libutil-2.8.90.so 7ff5da489000-7ff5da48a000 r--p 00001000 08:06 10879369 /lib/libutil-2.8.90.so 7ff5da48a000-7ff5da48b000 rw-p 00002000 08:06 10879369 /lib/libutil-2.8.90.so 7ff5da48b000-7ff5da4b0000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8356663 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so 7ff5da4b0000-7ff5da6b0000 ---p 00025000 08:06 8356663 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so 7ff5da6b0000-7ff5da6b1000 r--p 00025000 08:06 8356663 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so 7ff5da6b1000-7ff5da6b2000 rw-p 00026000 08:06 8356663 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so 7ff5da6b2000-7ff5dab59000 r--p 00000000 08:06 8487201 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache 7ff5dab59000-7ff5db237000 r--p 00000000 08:06 4243529 /usr/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache 7ff5db237000-7ff5db2e2000 r--p 00000000 08:06 5259432 /usr/share/icons/Tangerine/icon-theme.cache 7ff5db2e2000-7ff5db448000 r--p 00000000 08:06 8487105 /usr/share/icons/Human/icon-theme.cache 7ff5db448000-7ff5db44f000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 295664 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.3.1.6 7ff5db44f000-7ff5db64e000 ---p 00007000 08:06 295664 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.3.1.6 7ff5db64e000-7ff5db64f000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 295664 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.3.1.6 7ff5db64f000-7ff5db66e000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8160153 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.19 7ff5db66e000-7ff5db86d000 ---p 0001f000 08:06 8160153 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.19 7ff5db86d000-7ff5db86f000 r--p 0001e000 08:06 8160153 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.19 7ff5db86f000-7ff5db875000 rw-p 00020000 08:06 8160153 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.19 7ff5db875000-7ff5db877000 rw-p 7ff5db875000 00:00 0 7ff5db877000-7ff5db890000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 4489313 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-hp_rts88xx.so.1.0.19 7ff5db890000-7ff5dba90000 ---p 00019000 08:06 4489313 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-hp_rts88xx.so.1.0.19 7ff5dba90000-7ff5dba91000 r--p 00019000 08:06 4489313 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-hp_rts88xx.so.1.0.19 7ff5dba91000-7ff5dba93000 rw-p 0001a000 08:06 4489313 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-hp_rts88xx.so.1.0.19 7ff5dba93000-7ff5dba96000 rw-p 7ff5dba93000 00:00 0 7ff5dba96000-7ff5dbaa4000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 8175617 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-ls5000.so.1.0.19 7ff5dbaa4000-7ff5dbca3000 ---p 0000e000 08:06 8175617 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-ls5000.so.1.0.19 7ff5dbca3000-7ff5dbca4000 r--p 0000d000 08:06 8175617 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-ls5000.so.1.0.19 7ff5dbca4000-7ff5dbca5000 rw-p 0000e000 08:06 8175617 /usr/lib/sane/libsane-ls5000.so.1.0.19 7ff5dbca5000-7ff5dbca7000 rw-p 7ff5dbca5000 00:00 0 7ff5dbca7000-7ff5dbcaa000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 10879492 Abandon (core dumped)