I forgot to mention that I'm using qtcurve as I had other crashes when using the gtk oxygen theme.
it seems this issue can be worked around by adding gtk-enable-animations=0 to $HOME/.grkrc-2.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1223181 Title: After upgrading to saucy, eclipse crashes in gtk_tree_view_get_background_area+0x8a while debugging To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/1223181/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs