This is how I can reproduce it (and also why it not happens most of the times):
It always happens when I start one gedit instance from nautilus and another gedit instance from a gnome-terminal window It doesn't happen when both are started from the gnome-terminal It doesn't happen when both are started from nautilus it doesn't happen when one is started from the launcher and another from terminal it doesn't happen when one is started from the launcher and another from nautilus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942274 Title: gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_style_context_get_valist() Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This occurred while I was attempting to drag a tab from one gedit window to another. The tab didn't move when dragged with the mouse, instead the entire application crashed. I've attempted to reproduce this and couldn't, so am unsure exactly what conditions cause the bug. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gedit 3.3.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 27 16:54:26 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120221) ProcCmdline: gedit ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f48779d33a7 <gtk_style_context_get_valist+215>: mov 0x30(%rax),%rdx PC (0x7f48779d33a7) ok source "0x30(%rax)" (0x00000030) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%rdx" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gedit StacktraceTop: gtk_style_context_get_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 gtk_style_context_get () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 gtk_style_context_set_background () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 Title: gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_style_context_get_valist() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-26 (1 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/942274/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
