[Bug 238261] Re: gedit crash on save as
I can't agree with you Sebastien, for two reasons. First, I can assure you that the incorrect text in .gtk-bookmarks was created somewhere in the normal use/upgrade of Ubuntu. Neither the end user nor myself even knew of the existence of this file. I certainly did not edit it (until directed to do so as part of the debugging process), and the 80 year old user does not know how to display dot files, much less edit them. There are no other users of this machine. So this bug was created by the software on its own. Second, the bug has a massive impact - crashing all applications that use the Gnome file chooser, and that includes nearly everything an ordinary desktop user uses by default. frustration I don't mean to sound rude, but this is no way to get Ubuntu accepted as anything other than a geek's tinker-toy. I really thought that the open source community (and especially the Ubuntu community) had higher ideals than this. Please, I'm not trying to stand back and throw stones. I'll do everything I can to help solve this bug and popularise OSS, but not if the community doesn't take bugs like this seriously. My company has a large Windows installed base across many companies. I battle daily to get them to take OSS seriously. Now it sounds like I have to battle the OSS community to take their user experiences seriously. /frustration -- gedit crash on save as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238261] Re: gedit crash on save as
Sebastian, yes, you're right. Removing the first line [Desktop] eliminated the bug. Based on Antti's input, I can only guess that it occurs somewhere in the upgrade process or soon after as a direct result. It's amazing that something as simple as [ and ] characters in the .gtk-bookmarks file can crash every application using the Gnome file chooser. This does not inspire confidence in open source... -- gedit crash on save as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238261] Re: gedit crash on save as
Sebastien, I removed the 'file:///Session=default' line, but it made no difference. In desperation, I removed the whole .gtk-bookmarks file, and the problem has gone. How or why, I don't know. There was no visible corruption (or unprintables) in the file. But everything is back to normal now. Surely this is a pretty serious defect in GTK? I mean, software shouldn't segfault because it doesn't like the look of a bookmark file! Pretty weak. As an IT pro seeking to move clients across to OSS, this gives me the shivers. Anyway, probably not your issue, but I would hope that a distro as popular as Ubuntu would be able to exert some influence on the relevant team to get mile-wide bugs like this repaired quickly... I'm only sorry that I don't personally have the time or skills to address this bug at source. You can close this now. But please open a high-priority bug with GTK for me...! Thanks for all your help. John. -- gedit crash on save as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238261] Re: gedit crash on save as
Pedro, I've attached a new backtrace, but to be honest, I'm not sure I have installed the correct dbgsyms packages. For the record, I installed gedit-dbgsyms, libglib2.0-0-dbg, libgtk2.0-0-dbg, and libgnomevfs2-0-dbg. I couldn't find anything named gtk-dbgsym or glib- dbgsym or similar. If you need me to go around the buoy again, please tell me _exactly_ what dbgsym packages you mean. This is not my area of expertise. ** Attachment added: Latest backtrace http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15614090/gdb-gedit.txt -- gedit crash on save as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238261] Re: gedit crash on save as
No, nothing special (as far as I know). File is attached... ** Attachment added: .gtk-bookmarks http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15636473/.gtk-bookmarks -- gedit crash on save as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238261] Re: gedit crash on save as
Pedro, Right, here is the backtrace. I have provided a backtrace for gedit, because (a) the bug affects all applications that use the Gnome file chooser dialogues (including gedit), and (b) I couldn't get OOo to run under gdb (just not good enough!). Since it appears common to anything using the gedit dialogues, this should be OK. ** Attachment added: gdb backtrace of gedit http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15507705/gdb-gedit.txt -- gedit crash on save as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238261] Re: gedit crash on save as
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118890/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118891/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118892/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118893/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118894/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachment added: Registers.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118895/Registers.txt ** Attachment added: Stacktrace.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118896/Stacktrace.txt ** Attachment added: ThreadStacktrace.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15118897/ThreadStacktrace.txt ** Visibility changed to: Public -- gedit crash on save as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
