Somehow the last auto-update must have put me into some kind of debug mode. Doing the sequence suggested by mlind in the posting after the posting of my "fix" (I did it only once, not three times) I got in the terminal from which I started system-config-printer (can some Python expert tell me how one can intendedly activate and deactivate this mode): -------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ system-config-printer & [3] 18868 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ *** glibc detected *** python: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x08a84f50 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7e67c42] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_malloc+0x90)[0xb7e68fc0] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__strdup+0x30)[0xb7e6d2d0] /usr/lib/libcups.so.2(_cupsStrAlloc+0xa1)[0xb6eac161] /usr/lib/libcups.so.2(ippAddString+0x109)[0xb6e9f6a9] /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/cups.so[0xb7040aea] /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/cups.so[0xb7042cb4] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x5d0c)[0x80c8eec] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x6135)[0x80c9315] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x53f9)[0x80c85d9] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x6135)[0x80c9315] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python[0x81123c1] python(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0x805c9e7] python[0x8062b44] python(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0x805c9e7] python(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0x6c)[0x80c232c] python(PyObject_CallObject+0x20)[0x805cc00] /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0/gobject/_gobject.so[0xb7d27607] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x122)[0xb7cbd772] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7cce323] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8c7)[0xb7ccf847] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7ccfa09] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_button_clicked+0x57)[0xb7484057] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7485c8e] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x49)[0xb7ccac09] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7cbbf89] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x122)[0xb7cbd772] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7cce7ba] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8c7)[0xb7ccf847] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7ccfa09] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_button_released+0x57)[0xb74840e7] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7484141] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(_gtk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXED+0x5e)[0xb755d1de] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7cbbf89] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x122)[0xb7cbd772] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7cce973] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x68f)[0xb7ccf60f] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7ccfa09] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb767b488] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_propagate_event+0x14f)[0xb755636f] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main_do_event+0x307)[0xb7557587] /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7aeab3a] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x17c)[0xb7c1c11c] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7c1f55f] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1a9)[0xb7c1f909] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb4)[0xb75579e4] /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0/gtk/_gtk.so[0xb78d56f0] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x5b50)[0x80c8d30] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x53f9)[0x80c85d9] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalCode+0x57)[0x80ca187] python(PyRun_FileExFlags+0xf8)[0x80e9698] python(PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags+0x187)[0x80e9927] python(Py_Main+0x9c0)[0x8059390] python(main+0x22)[0x80588c2] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7e13050] python[0x8058831] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-0813f000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 507717 /usr/bin/python2.5 0813f000-08164000 rwxp 000f6000 08:07 507717 /usr/bin/python2.5 08164000-08a92000 rwxp 08164000 00:00 0 [heap] afacf000-afad0000 ---p afacf000 00:00 0 afad0000-b02d0000 rwxp afad0000 00:00 0 b02d0000-b02d1000 ---p b02d0000 00:00 0 b02d1000-b0ad1000 rwxp b02d1000 00:00 0 b0ad1000-b0ad2000 ---p b0ad1000 00:00 0 b0ad2000-b12d2000 rwxp b0ad2000 00:00 0 b12d2000-b12d3000 ---p b12d2000 00:00 0 b12d3000-b1ad3000 rwxp b12d3000 00:00 0 b4900000-b4921000 rwxp b4900000 00:00 0 b4921000-b4a00000 ---p b4921000 00:00 0 b4ace000-b4ad8000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1096825 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b4ad8000-b4ad9000 rwxp 0000a000 08:07 1096825 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b4ad9000-b4ae0000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 540468 /usr/lib/libtrackerclient.so.0.0.0 b4ae0000-b4ae1000 rwxp 00006000 08:07 540468 /usr/lib/libtrackerclient.so.0.0.0 b4ae1000-b4ae8000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 539674 /usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0 b4ae8000-b4ae9000 rwxp 00006000 08:07 539674 /usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0 b4b04000-b4b0b000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 540443 /usr/lib/libgailutil.so.18.0.1 b4b0b000-b4b0c000 rwxp 00006000 08:07 540443 /usr/lib/libgailutil.so.18.0.1 b4b0c000-b4b42000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1095617 /lib/libsepol.so.1 b4b42000-b4b43000 rwxp 00035000 08:07 1095617 /lib/libsepol.so.1 b4b43000-b4b4d000 rwxp b4b43000 00:00 0 b4b4d000-b4c0e000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 541913 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 b4c0e000-b4c13000 rwxp 000c0000 08:07 541913 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 b4c13000-b4c28000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 539810 /usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0 b4c28000-b4c2a000 rwxp 00014000 08:07 539810 /usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0 b4c2a000-b4c2b000 rwxp b4c2a000 00:00 0 b4c2b000-b4c32000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 539932 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0 b4c32000-b4c33000 rwxp 00006000 08:07 539932 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0 b4c33000-b4c51000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 544328 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0 b4c51000-b4c52000 rwxp 0001d000 08:07 544328 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0 b4c52000-b4c5f000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 542203 /usr/lib/libgnome-keyring.so.0.1.1 b4c5f000-b4c60000 rwxp 0000d000 08:07 542203 /usr/lib/libgnome-keyring.so.0.1.1 b4c60000-b4c75000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 540503 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.19 b4c75000-b4c76000 rwxp 00014000 08:07 540503 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.19 b4c76000-b4ca5000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 540668 [3]+ Aborted (core dumped) system-config-printer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
-- system-config-printer.py crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135321 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
