I can reproduce the issue (backtrace attached). I do have a ~/.gnote folder. gnote has been installed a long time. Moving ~/.gnote away, makes gnote start up.
I do think this makes it a RC bug, as gnote should be able to deal with old data after an upgrade. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
Starting program: /usr/bin/gnote
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffe970b700 (LWP 24115)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe8f0a700 (LWP 24116)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe3395700 (LWP 24117)]
Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x00007ffff3e07478 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at
../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:55
55 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory.
#0 0x00007ffff3e07478 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at
../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:55
resultvar = 0
pid = 24110
selftid = 24110
#1 0x00007ffff3e088fa in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89
save_stage = 2
act = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x6c2d34365f363878,
sa_sigaction = 0x6c2d34365f363878}, sa_mask = {__val = {8461814194867891817,
7091318279560064047,
3346019690373591597, 3471765346408738352, 7148451098534491914,
7365405400577881139, 3473739188760110694, 2337417879816777776,
3472328523861012528,
3539889987387928608, 2314910914395190576, 2314885530818453536,
2314885530818453536, 8660248813382869024, 7596496373740942904,
3419760881481315694}},
sa_flags = 1734502764, sa_restorer = 0x4f}
sigs = {__val = {32, 0 <repeats 15 times>}}
#2 0x00007ffff3e45ffa in __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=2,
fmt=fmt@entry=0x7ffff3f3dcb8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at
../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
ap = <error reading variable ap (Attempt to dereference a generic
pointer.)>
fd = 11
on_2 = <optimized out>
list = <optimized out>
nlist = <optimized out>
cp = <optimized out>
written = <optimized out>
#3 0x00007ffff3e4b946 in malloc_printerr (action=3, str=0x7ffff3f3a4d1
"free(): invalid pointer", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at
malloc.c:5000
buf = "000000000078fd00"
cp = <optimized out>
ar_ptr = <optimized out>
ptr = <optimized out>
str = 0x7ffff3f3a4d1 "free(): invalid pointer"
action = 3
#4 0x00007ffff3e4c12e in _int_free (av=0x7ffff4172b20 <main_arena>,
p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:3861
size = <optimized out>
fb = <optimized out>
nextchunk = <optimized out>
nextsize = <optimized out>
nextinuse = <optimized out>
prevsize = <optimized out>
bck = <optimized out>
fwd = <optimized out>
errstr = <optimized out>
locked = <optimized out>
__func__ = "_int_free"
#5 0x00007ffff7b28213 in gnote::NoteManagerBase::~NoteManagerBase
(this=0x773350, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at notemanagerbase.cpp:100
No locals.
#6 0x00007ffff7b255ea in gnote::NoteManager::NoteManager (this=0x773350,
directory=...) at notemanager.cpp:41
No locals.
#7 0x000000000044bda4 in gnote::Gnote::common_init (this=this@entry=0x6f4700)
at gnote.cpp:142
note_path = "/home/michael/.local/share/gnote"
#8 0x000000000044dfc8 in gnote::Gnote::on_command_line (this=0x6f4700,
command_line=...) at gnote.cpp:120
argc = 1
argv = 0x82c510
passed_cmd_line = {m_context = 0x84c440, m_use_panel = false,
m_background = false, m_shell_search = false, m_note_path = 0x0, m_do_search =
false, m_search = "",
m_show_version = false, m_do_new_note = false, m_new_note_name = "",
m_open_note = 0x0, m_open_start_here = false, m_highlight_search = 0x0,
m_open_note_name = "", m_open_note_uri = "",
m_open_external_note_path = ""}
cmdline = @0x6f4760: {m_context = 0x893480, m_use_panel = false,
m_background = false, m_shell_search = false, m_note_path = 0x0, m_do_search =
false,
m_search = "", m_show_version = false, m_do_new_note = false,
m_new_note_name = "", m_open_note = 0x0, m_open_start_here = false,
m_highlight_search = 0x0,
m_open_note_name = "", m_open_note_uri = "",
m_open_external_note_path = ""}
#9 0x00007ffff6b6171d in
Gio::Application_Class::command_line_callback(_GApplication*,
_GApplicationCommandLine*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgiomm-2.4.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#10 0x00007fffec341060 in ffi_call_unix64 () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#11 0x00007fffec340acb in ffi_call () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#12 0x00007ffff4c47cf5 in g_cclosure_marshal_generic_va () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#13 0x00007ffff4c471d4 in ?? () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#14 0x00007ffff4c614b8 in g_signal_emit_valist () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#15 0x00007ffff4c6208f in g_signal_emit () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#16 0x00007ffff4f35a13 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#17 0x00007ffff4f37a6d in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#18 0x00007ffff6b60e48 in Gio::Application::local_command_line_vfunc(char**&,
int&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgiomm-2.4.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#19 0x00007ffff6b6109d in
Gio::Application_Class::local_command_line_vfunc_callback(_GApplication*,
char***, int*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgiomm-2.4.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#20 0x00007ffff4f37c32 in g_application_run () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#21 0x000000000044533d in gnote::Gnote::main (this=this@entry=0x6f4700,
argc=argc@entry=1, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffe0a8) at gnote.cpp:96
handle = false
retval = <optimized out>
#22 0x0000000000445493 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe0a8) at main.cpp:35
No locals.
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