I had the same problem as well. I poked around a bit and found a "quick
and dirty" bug fix.
I installed the debug symbols version of libglib2.0-0 (sudo su - ;
aptitude install libglib2.0-0-dbg ), built the deb (cd /usr/src; mkdir
FS; cd FS; apt-get -b source firestarter; dpkg -i firestarter*deb) and
piped it through a debugger (ddd) to locate where the program crashes,
and it happens in the source file 'eggtrayicon.c', where a call to the
gdk function 'gdk_window_set_back_pixmap' is made in the function
'make_transparent' (another such call is made in make_transparent_again)
with NULL as the second argument (where you are supposed to pass the
pointer to the pixmap if it exists; perhaps the new versions of gdk
don't take a NULL pointer, and hence the crash?), where it is apparently
trying to set/adjust firestarter tray icon properties. Once I commented
out these two calls (this needs to be done by editing the patchfile
firestarter-1.0.3/debian/patches/12_firestarter_transparent_icon.dpatch
), rebuilt the deb (dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b), installed and ran it, the
program did not crash and seems to be working normally.
I am attaching the modified patch file that I used (replace the
identically named file in the debian/patches folder of the source tree
with this one). If someone uses this stopgap method to build the package
for regular use until an official fix is rolled out by the developers,
you may want to do 'aptitude remove libglib2.0-0-dbg' first and then
rebuild using the normal glib library. Those unfamiliar with
(re)building debs may want to look up Section 6 ("Working with source
packages") of the APT HOWTO for a quick rundown.
** Attachment added: "Edited to turn off NULL pixmap calls to
gdk_window_set_back_pixmap"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50225122/12_firestarter_transparent_icon.dpatch
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firestarter does not launch from gnome main menu or from terminal
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