Bug 515560 - Spectacle crashes when try to save the printscreen image using "Save As"
Summary: Spectacle crashes when try to save the printscreen image using "Save As"
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 23.08.5
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR crash
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Noah Davis
URL:
Keywords: drkonqi
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-02-05 16:46 UTC by vymazal
Modified: 2026-02-05 16:53 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description vymazal 2026-02-05 16:46:13 UTC
Application: spectacle (23.08.5)

Qt Version: 5.15.13
Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Operating System: Linux 6.17.0-14-generic x86_64
Windowing System: X11
Distribution: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
DrKonqi: 5.27.11 [KCrashBackend]

-- Information about the crash:
Spectacle crashes when try to save the printscreen image using "Save As"

The crash can be reproduced every time.

-- Backtrace:
Application: Spectacle (spectacle), signal: Aborted

[KCrash Handler]
#4  __pthread_kill_implementation (no_tid=0, signo=6, threadid=<optimized out>) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:44
#5  __pthread_kill_internal (signo=6, threadid=<optimized out>) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:78
#6  __GI___pthread_kill (threadid=<optimized out>, signo=signo@entry=6) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:89
#7  0x00007fb8c744527e in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:26
#8  0x00007fb8c74288ff in __GI_abort () at ./stdlib/abort.c:79
#9  0x00007fb8c78a5ff5 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
#10 0x00007fb8c78bb0da in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
#11 0x00007fb8c78a5a55 in std::terminate() () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
#12 0x00007fb8c78bb391 in __cxa_throw () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
#13 0x00007fb8c7c90236 in qBadAlloc() () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#14 0x00007fb8c7c97319 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#15 0x00007fb8c7e50cf8 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#16 0x00007fb8c7e50ef5 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#17 0x00007fb8c7e531b0 in QSettings::childGroups() const () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#18 0x00007fb8c999d5ca in QFileDialogPrivate::restoreFromSettings() () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#19 0x00007fb8c999f61b in QFileDialogPrivate::init(QFileDialogArgs const&) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#20 0x00007fb8c999fbe5 in QFileDialog::QFileDialog(QWidget*, QString const&, QString const&, QString const&) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#21 0x00005efcec13af5f in ??? ()
#22 0x00005efcec13f711 in ??? ()
#23 0x00007fb8c7f12e16 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#24 0x00005efcec14b731 in ??? ()
#25 0x00005efcec140cc2 in ??? ()
#26 0x00007fb8c8cdc6aa in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#27 0x00007fb8c8bae0e0 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#28 0x00007fb8c8bb12da in QV4::QObjectMethod::callInternal(QV4::Value const*, QV4::Value const*, int) const () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#29 0x00007fb8c8bceddc in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#30 0x00007fb8c8bd25ff in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#31 0x00007fb8c8b625a2 in QV4::Function::call(QV4::Value const*, QV4::Value const*, int, QV4::ExecutionContext const*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#32 0x00007fb8c8cf82c0 in QQmlJavaScriptExpression::evaluate(QV4::CallData*, bool*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#33 0x00007fb8c8ca6861 in QQmlBoundSignalExpression::evaluate(void**) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#34 0x00007fb8c8ca7ae0 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#35 0x00007fb8c8cdc157 in QQmlNotifier::emitNotify(QQmlNotifierEndpoint*, void**) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5
#36 0x00007fb8c7f12720 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#37 0x00007fb8c38f2eb1 in QQuickAbstractButtonPrivate::handleRelease(QPointF const&) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5QuickTemplates2.so.5
#38 0x00007fb8c39132e9 in QQuickControl::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5QuickTemplates2.so.5
#39 0x00007fb8c926bf68 in QQuickItem::event(QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Quick.so.5
#40 0x00007fb8c976bd45 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#41 0x00007fb8c7ed8118 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#42 0x00007fb8c928abf6 in QQuickWindowPrivate::deliverMouseEvent(QQuickPointerMouseEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Quick.so.5
#43 0x00007fb8c928c440 in QQuickWindowPrivate::deliverPointerEvent(QQuickPointerEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Quick.so.5
#44 0x00007fb8c928d770 in QQuickWindowPrivate::handleMouseEvent(QMouseEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Quick.so.5
#45 0x00007fb8c8352035 in QWindow::event(QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5
#46 0x00007fb8c976bd45 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#47 0x00007fb8c7ed8118 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#48 0x00007fb8c8345a3b in QGuiApplicationPrivate::processMouseEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::MouseEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5
#49 0x00007fb8c8317bfc in QWindowSystemInterface::sendWindowSystemEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5
#50 0x00007fb8ba2fcd06 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5XcbQpa.so.5
#51 0x00007fb8c4648535 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#52 0x00007fb8c46a7767 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#53 0x00007fb8c46479d3 in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#54 0x00007fb8c7f35279 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#55 0x00007fb8c7ed6a7b in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#56 0x00007fb8c7edf3e8 in QCoreApplication::exec() () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#57 0x00005efcec1208d3 in ??? ()
#58 0x00007fb8c742a1ca in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x5efcec11fea0, argc=argc@entry=1, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffe7417f18) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#59 0x00007fb8c742a28b in __libc_start_main_impl (main=0x5efcec11fea0, argc=1, argv=0x7fffe7417f18, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffe7417f08) at ../csu/libc-start.c:360
#60 0x00005efcec121865 in ??? ()
[Inferior 1 (process 237310) detached]

Reported using DrKonqi
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2026-02-05 16:53:16 UTC
This report is for an older version of spectacle. Hopefully this crash has been fixed in new versions.