actually it fails on a different 32bit fresh install of Precise 12.04 as well.
open("/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/pangocairo.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 9 fstat64(9, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=18744, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/pangocairo.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10 read(10, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\23\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(10, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=18744, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 21540, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 10, 0) = 0xdcb000 mprotect(0xdce000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap2(0xdcf000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 10, 0x3) = 0xdcf000 close(10) = 0 mprotect(0xdcf000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 close(9) = 0 write(2, "\n** (python2.7:10739): CRITICAL "..., 91 ** (python2.7:10739): CRITICAL **: pyg_register_boxed: assertion `boxed_type != 0' failed ) = 91 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++ Segmentation fault (core dumped) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pygtk in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003751 Title: pygtk's pangocairo module crashes pydoc search Status in “pygtk” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 12.04, 64bit Python crashes every time I run "pydoc -k $something", which should search all installed modules to find keywords from the doc strings. Eg: $ pydoc -k subprocess subprocess - subprocess - Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams ** (python2.7:22364): CRITICAL **: pyg_register_boxed: assertion `boxed_type != 0' failed zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) pydoc -k subprocess If I strace it, I see that the last python module read is pygtk: open("/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/atk.so", O_RDONLY) = 11 open("/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/atk.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 12 open("./pangocairo.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) ... open("/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/pangocairo.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 12 ** (python2.7:22008): CRITICAL **: pyg_register_boxed: assertion `boxed_type != 0' failed --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++ zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) strace -eopen pydoc -k id3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pygtk/+bug/1003751/+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