[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
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[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
Backtrace obtained from attaching to hung pidgin process with GDB. Killing evolution-data-server-2.26 caused an immediate revival pidgin. ** Attachment added: backtrace.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26286318/backtrace.txt -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution-data-server in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
Thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. I do remember hearing about this some time ago, and will search for it both here and upstream. Right now I am setting this bug as confirmed, and will either dup it against a previous, still open, Ubuntu bug, or move it to triaged, with a link upstream. Here's a summary of what I remember: the Automatic Contacts plugin (source ./plugins/bbdb) does have some problems (and needs some love). There were some issues I remember, with the plugin enabled: (1) synchronisation between Pidgin and Evolution is extremely simplistic, and the entries must match exactly. If they do not match, the plugin will re-add them; (2) the plugin will drive resynchronisation every two minutes; this value is hardcoded in the plugin, and can only be changed in the source code; (3) the search for a match is linear; as a result, the bigger your addressbook, the longer it will take. A match will be looked for each of the buddies in Pidgin. So, if you add (2) and (3)... there is a potential for long loops... Right now, I strongly suggest disabling Pidgin synchronisation. ** Changed in: evolution-data-server (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution-data-server in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
** Package changed: evolution-data-server (Ubuntu) = evolution (Ubuntu) -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 19:30 +, C de-Avillez wrote: Thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. I do remember hearing about this some time ago, and will search for it both here and upstream. Right now I am setting this bug as confirmed, and will either dup it against a previous, still open, Ubuntu bug, or move it to triaged, with a link upstream. Here's a summary of what I remember: the Automatic Contacts plugin (source ./plugins/bbdb) does have some problems (and needs some love). There were some issues I remember, with the plugin enabled: (1) synchronisation between Pidgin and Evolution is extremely simplistic, and the entries must match exactly. If they do not match, the plugin will re-add them; (2) the plugin will drive resynchronisation every two minutes; this value is hardcoded in the plugin, and can only be changed in the source code; (3) the search for a match is linear; as a result, the bigger your addressbook, the longer it will take. A match will be looked for each of the buddies in Pidgin. So, if you add (2) and (3)... there is a potential for long loops... Right now, I strongly suggest disabling Pidgin synchronisation. While I have done that, and will report back if it fixes the problem, I don't think that's the source here, unless you got that from the backtrace. I had a crash-free Pidgin after I disabled the Evolution Integration plugin in _Pidgin_, not the Pidgin Integration plugin in _Evolution_. Are you sure it's the same issue? -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157207 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157207 Marking as duplicate of bug 235250 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 235250 Pidgin-Evolution integration flaky ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 235250 Pidgin-Evolution integration flaky ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 157207 evolution-data-server keeps replicating my contacts in addressbook.db when syncing with Pidgin -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157207 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157207 Now I am not. I did not even know there was a evolution integration plugin on Pidgin. This is actually something to look at, and I will install Pidgin and check (even more because then we might have two synchronisation agents running concurrently). Meanwhile, let's keep this one as it is; please report back on what you find. -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157207 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157207 Judging from the #0 0x7f557f7cf2e9 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () in the backtrace, two synchronisation agents running concurrently sounds very plausible if a deadlock is what's causing pidgin / evolution to hang. Since disabling the Evo-Pidgin plugin I haven't had any crashes, but since the crashes weren't coming at a fixed interval I wouldn't put much stock in that. Either way, I don't think this is really a duplicate of #157207, as I'm not having any of the problems listed in that bug. -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 157207 evolution-data-server keeps replicating my contacts in addressbook.db when syncing with Pidgin -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
I reset the duplicate status. I am still not sure about not being a duplicate, though; the fact that disabling Evo's plugin (at least) alleviated the issue still suggests (2) and/or (3) of the three cases I pointed out -- if you have a large addressbook/Pidgin contact list, then there is a good chance this might be happening -- this might look as a freeze. It is also interesting to note that this backtrace was related to the Pidgin plugin -- see frame #9. I still do not really like having two plugins that do the same thing (or, more probably, a similar thing). I have not looked at the Pidgin code, but one could expect -- or hope -- it to be a bit more optimised, and only call for an add-to-addressbook if there is a new contact (while Evo drives a search every two minutes). Nevertheless, we still should try to zero in the issue: (1) conflict/deadlock between both plugins; (2) Evo plugin issue; (3) Pidgin plugin issue; (4) EDS library issue. I am not sure the culprit is EDS, not at all. Back to incomplete status. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
** Attachment added: edstrace.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26297112/edstrace.txt ** Attachment added: evotrace.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26297113/evotrace.txt ** Attachment added: pidgintrace.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26297114/pidgintrace.txt -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
Alright, even with the Pidgin Integration plugin in Evolution disabled, Pidgin still crashed, and a checkin with Evolution confirmed it was crashed as well. I'm attaching simple backtraces from Pidgin, Evo, and e-d-s. As usual, after killing e-d-s, both Pidgin and Evolution started back up, with Evolution giving me an error about my address book being inaccessible. -- evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 371281] Re: evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications
First, to Andrew: sorry, I mistakenly assigned to ubuntu-desktop instead of desktop-bugs. My fault. Ted, thank you. I understand you took the backtraces at the time you saw it, with *only* the Pidgin plugin enabled. * Unfortunately, the Evo BT is inconclusive -- you did not have the debug symbols loaded for Evo, it seems, and I do not know which thread was shown. No matter that, per the few identifiable frames, I would venture this specific thread was in wait. * The EDS trace suggests this specific thread was trying to acquire a lock, and entered a wait for it. * finally, the Pidgin trace shows what I think is part of the contacts plugin (the library gevolution.so) driving a call to the EDS libraries; this thread is waiting on a response. It is difficult to say what is going on on the Evo and EDS BTs, since a single thread was traced. I will try and install enable the Pidgin Evolution plugin, and see if I can get a nice set of BTs. But, right now, I am tending to reassing this to Pidgin (or, having time, look upstream for similar bugs): the driver here is Pidgin, not EDS. It may well be a conflict on Evo (with the addressbook) and Pidgin, but I lack Pidgin knowledge to go there; anyway, it *works* when Evo calls on addressbook functions, so... until proved otherwise, it would be Pidgin... I am also retitling this bug. ** Summary changed: - evolution-data-server is unstable, causes hangs in other applications + pidgin evolution plugin, Evolution hang ** Also affects: pidgin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- pidgin evolution plugin, Evolution hang https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
