After a few minutes of playing with Evolution to see if those supposed 80 crashes that have been fixed in the new version have made it any more stable, Evolution crashed on me when I clicked on a message in my Inbox. Here is pstack while bugbuddy was failing to get any useful information on the crash (why do we ship bugbuddy?):
2196: evolution ----------------- lwp# 1 / thread# 1 -------------------- fef04c57 waitid (0, 8a2, 8046870, 3) feec051b waitpid (8a2, 80469b4, 0) + 63 fecd112a g_spawn_sync (0, f0e88d8, 0, 4, 0, 0) + 346 fecd14de g_spawn_command_line_sync (ef5fb00, 0, 0, 0, 8046a3c) + 5a fa9715cf __1cNrun_bug_buddy6Fpkclp0_b_ (8087480, 894, 0) + 6b fa971825 __1cMcheck_if_gdb6Fpv_b_ (0) + 129 fa971325 __1cUbugbuddy_segv_handle6Fi_v_ (b) + 89 08066eb5 segv_redirect (b, 0, 8046c44) + 75 fef00d5f __sighndlr (b, 0, 8046c44, 8066e40) + f feef5f82 call_user_handler (b, 0, 8046c44) + 2bf feef61b6 sigacthandler (b, 0, 8046c44) + d0 --- called from signal handler with signal 11 (SIGSEGV) --- fef03fb7 __sigresend (b) + 7 feefed63 do_exit_critical (0, ee8ee80, fef96000, febe2a00, 8046f08, 8046f08) + 90 feef8bd6 preempt (febe2a00) + 86 feefa5e9 mutex_unlock (ee8ee80) + 129 fa2414a9 e_flag_set (eebb430) + 61 f95c0863 emss_process_message (f3b3fb0c) + c7 feca18d3 g_idle_dispatch (85500c0, f95c079c, f3b3fb0c) + 1f fec9e684 g_main_dispatch (80a8c10) + 1e0 fec9f785 g_main_context_dispatch (80a8c10) + 85 fec9fba2 g_main_context_iterate (80a8c10, 1, 1, 807fe88) + 3ce feca01a4 g_main_loop_run (814da30) + 1b8 fee03669 bonobo_main (8047234, 80470fc, feffb7cc, 0, fa97129c, 0) + 5d 08067260 main (1, 8047140, 8047148) + 360 0805bfde _start (1, 804729c, 0, 80472a6, 80472c7, 8047325) + 7a ----------------- lwp# 49 / thread# 49 -------------------- fef04697 pollsys (80ae190, c, 0, 0) feeb65b2 poll (80ae190, c, ffffffff) + 52 fec9fb6b g_main_context_iterate (dc56e58, 1, 1, dc56ee0) + 397 feca01a4 g_main_loop_run (dd00718) + 1b8 fed7b9a2 link_io_thread_fn (0) + 1e fecc42b8 g_thread_create_proxy (dc56ee0) + 118 fef00a20 _thr_setup (f8b62200) + 70 fef00c80 _lwp_start (f8b62200, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) ----------------- lwp# 48 / thread# 48 -------------------- fef04697 pollsys (db28288, 1, 0, 0) feeb65b2 poll (db28288, 1, ffffffff) + 52 fec9fb6b g_main_context_iterate (b797460, 1, 1, dbc75f0) + 397 feca01a4 g_main_loop_run (dd28278) + 1b8 fa0cb29b startup_mainloop (0) + 2b fecc42b8 g_thread_create_proxy (dbc75f0) + 118 fef00a20 _thr_setup (f8b63200) + 70 fef00c80 _lwp_start (f8b63200, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) ----------------- lwp# 82 / thread# 82 -------------------- fef00cbb lwp_park (0, 0, 0) feefa083 mutex_lock_impl (807e5bc, 0) + f3 feefa112 mutex_lock (807e5bc) + 10 08066ea6 segv_redirect (b, 0, f3b3ec38) + 66 fef00d5f __sighndlr (b, 0, f3b3ec38, 8066e40) + f feef5f82 call_user_handler (b, 0, f3b3ec38) + 2bf feef61b6 sigacthandler (b, 0, f3b3ec38) + d0 --- called from signal handler with signal 11 (SIGSEGV) --- fee8a84b strlen (f95fa17b, f3b3fcf0, f3b3fc10, 0) + b feece2e0 vsnprintf (f3b3fc60, 1, f95fa140, f3b3fcf0) + 70 feca7787 g_printf_string_upper_bound (f95fa140, f3b3fcf0) + 27 fecd025f g_vasprintf (f3b3fcc0, f95fa140, f3b3fcf0) + 2f fecbb66e g_strdup_vprintf (f95fa140, f3b3fcf0) + 2a fa07adc3 camel_stream_printf (eabca18, f95fa140, 5) + 37 f95a913f efhd_format_secure (8206c20, eabca18, ef53378, db84e78) + 6f f95b1ad8 em_format_format_secure (8206c20, eabca18, ef53378, db84e78) + 28 f95b28cd emf_multipart_signed (8206c20, eabca18, ef491f8, f961c428) + 179 f95b12df em_format_part_as (8206c20, eabca18, ef491f8, efa0578) + 13b f95b1370 em_format_part (8206c20, eabca18, ef491f8) + 44 f95b2073 emf_multipart_mixed (8206c20, eabca18, ef6a5f8, f961c418) + 9b f95b12df em_format_part_as (8206c20, eabca18, ef6a5f8, f207268) + 13b f95b1370 em_format_part (8206c20, eabca18, ef6a5f8) + 44 f95afa29 efh_format_message (8206c20, eabca18, ef6a5f8, f961c300) + a5 f95ae203 efh_format_exec (efd7f50) + bf f95ce6e9 mail_msg_proxy (efd7f50, 0) + 71 fecc5733 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy (8124900) + b3 fecc42b8 g_thread_create_proxy (eee23d0) + 118 fef00a20 _thr_setup (f8b64200) + 70 fef00c80 _lwp_start (f8b64200, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) As an aside, when I click on Edit->Preferences in Evolution, none of the preference items on the left-hand pane have any icons. -Seb
