Hi,
I have been able to reproduce and find the cause of this bug. The bug
is triggered when the file ".config/user-dirs.dirs" is not present.
Simply move that file away and you'll be able to reproduce this.
Running xdg-user-dirs-update might or might not fix the problem, some
variables might not get set in that case, and if there's one variable
missing, the privacy pane fails.
The bug is actually in the activity-log-manager package. The file src
/files-widget.vala, lines 264-272, says:
defined_dirs = new HashMap<string, UserDirectory>(str_hash, str_equal);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.DESKTOP),
UserDirectory.DESKTOP);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.DOCUMENTS),
UserDirectory.DOCUMENTS);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.DOWNLOAD),
UserDirectory.DOWNLOAD);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.MUSIC),
UserDirectory.MUSIC);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.PICTURES),
UserDirectory.PICTURES);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.PUBLIC_SHARE),
UserDirectory.PUBLIC_SHARE);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.TEMPLATES),
UserDirectory.TEMPLATES);
defined_dirs.set(Environment.get_user_special_dir(UserDirectory.VIDEOS),
UserDirectory.VIDEOS);
which gets translated into calls like this one, for example:
_tmp42_ = self->priv->defined_dirs;
_tmp43_ = g_get_user_special_dir (G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD);
gee_abstract_map_set ((GeeAbstractMap*) _tmp42_, _tmp43_,
GINT_TO_POINTER (G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD));
If the userdir file is not present or the variable not defined in it,
the call to g_get_user_special_dir will return null (documented
behaviour), which will make gee_abstract_map_set fail.
The code needs to be reworked to take into account that these dirs might
not be set.
** Package changed: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) => activity-log-manager
(Ubuntu)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024057
Title:
gnome control center crashed when attempting to open privacy dialogue
Status in “activity-log-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
When I attempt to open "privacy" in the gnome-control-center (system
settings), system settings crashes with the following error message.
All other functions within system settings work:
magnus@1204:~$ gnome-control-center
(gnome-control-center:11858): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack: assertion
`gtk_widget_get_parent (child) == NULL' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 12 20:49:23 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu2
gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5
indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2
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