Version: (using KDE 4.3.0) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages I'm using jaunty 9.04 with kde 4.3. Since two days (since when I upgraded to kde 4.3, but I'm not sure this is the cause) I'm experiencing crashes with gtk applications, such as gedit, firefox and thunderbird. These give a "Segmentation fault". In particular, gedit crashes as I launch it, while thunderbird and firefox do when I try to save anything. If I become root with "su", everything works ok.
Hi. Try to get backtraces of the crashes using GDB: - Run Konsole - Type "gdb nameOfTheApplication" + Enter - Type "run" Wait until the app start - Crash the application (or wait for it to crash) - Go back to the Konsole window, type "bt full" and press Enter 2 or 3 times. Then paste the output here. Thanks
#0 0x72656e65 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #1 0xb78d3d9d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0xb78ac8b2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0xb78c02f9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0xb78b9204 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0xb76ffe26 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #6 0xb76fe7bf in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #7 0xb76774ff in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #8 0xb75f249e in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available.
- When this crash appeared ? - Do you have any other Desktop Environment to test the same GTK applications on ? The backtrace looks like it is crashing on GIO, but it doesn't seems the type of crash which could be related with the KDE environment at all. Thanks
As I said above, it happens as gedit starts, immediately. I don't have a gdm to test it on the same machine.
Do you have Gnome ? or can you install any other simple window manager (like IceWM) ? (just to test the apps in a different environment) Also, can you start the application from Konsole as: "MALLOC_CHECK_=0 gedit" ? (that is related to bug 196207) Thanks
MALLOC_CHECK_=0 gedit gives the same error. I'd like to understand why my root user has no problems.
I upgraded python-qt4 and gedit now works correctly. Firefox and thunderbird still crash when I select the folder where to salve anything to.
Negative... gedit turn back crashing without I did nothing particular... Really I don't know...
FWIW, I can't reproduce any crash of Firefox with KDE 4.3 final, using Kubuntu 9.04
@Mauro: try to get backtraces of the other applications that are crashing to see if they are similar. If the malloc check variable didn't modified the things, I'm starting to think this is unrelated to KDE, and that you should try to install IceWM and use it to launch this apps and check if they work properly or if they also crash there. Thanks
I've tried IceWM and gedit still crashes.
Ok, that is the proof that it isn't related with the apps being run in the KDE environment. Try to update your packages to the latest version (it may have fixed the issue). Also, you can use http://ubuntuforums.org/ to get more help and support. Thanks
However, for who is still affected: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591606