Public bug reported: I clicked on the Appearence dialog after an upgrade and it didn't appear. I executed it on console and i got this:
*** glibc detected *** gnome-appearance-properties: free(): invalid pointer: 0x09b8a108 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7535394] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x96)[0xb75373f6] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x36)[0xb767fc26] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so[0xb6c5e50b] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so[0xb6c5e5a3] [0xb80a3400] gnome-appearance-properties[0x8069a44] gnome-appearance-properties[0x806b9f3] gnome-appearance-properties(gconf_peditor_new_tree_view+0xd9)[0x806bb49] gnome-appearance-properties[0x805f72e] gnome-appearance-properties(style_init+0x18a)[0x806052a] gnome-appearance-properties(main+0x283)[0x805c4d3] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb74dc685] gnome-appearance-properties[0x80565c1] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-08079000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 115356 /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties 08079000-0807a000 r--p 00030000 08:01 115356 /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties 0807a000-0807b000 rw-p 00031000 08:01 115356 /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties 098c8000-09bbe000 rw-p 098c8000 00:00 0 [heap] b6754000-b6758000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 164402 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so b6758000-b6759000 r--p 00003000 08:01 164402 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so b6759000-b675a000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 164402 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so b675a000-b677b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 164086 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so b677b000-b677c000 r--p 00020000 08:01 164086 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so b677c000-b677d000 rw-p 00021000 08:01 164086 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so b677d000-b6782000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 163961 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail-gnome.so b6782000-b6783000 r--p 00004000 08:01 163961 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail-gnome.so b6783000-b6784000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 163961 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail-gnome.so b6784000-b678d000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297889 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgnome-2.0.mo b678d000-b679c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 139030 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 b679c000-b679d000 r--p 0000f000 08:01 139030 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 b679d000-b679e000 rw-p 00010000 08:01 139030 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 b679e000-b67cf000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 116161 /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1 b67cf000-b67d2000 rw-p 00030000 08:01 116161 /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1 b67d2000-b6802000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 116440 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.8 b6802000-b6804000 r--p 0002f000 08:01 116440 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.8 b6804000-b6805000 rw-p 00031000 08:01 116440 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.8 b6805000-b6806000 rw-p b6805000 00:00 0 b6806000-b6836000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 116802 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2 b6836000-b6837000 rw-p 00030000 08:01 116802 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2 b6838000-b6849000 r--p 00000000 08:01 247456 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf b6849000-b684a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 163953 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so b684a000-b684b000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 163953 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so b684b000-b694f000 rw-p b684b000 00:00 0 b694f000-b6951000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 156173 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so b6951000-b6952000 r--p 00001000 08:01 156173 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so b6952000-b6953000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 156173 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so b6953000-b695d000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297880 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo b695d000-b69f2000 r--p 00000000 08:01 247467 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf b69f2000-b69f8000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310908 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2 b69f8000-b69fb000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310906 /var/cache/fontconfig/e383d7ea5fbe662a33d9b44caf393297-x86.cache-2 b69fb000-b69fe000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310903 /var/cache/fontconfig/a755afe4a08bf5b97852ceb7400b47bc-x86.cache-2 b69fe000-b6a01000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310898 /var/cache/fontconfig/6d41288fd70b0be22e8c3a91e032eec0-x86.cache-2 b6a01000-b6a04000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310887 /var/cache/fontconfig/de156ccd2eddbdc19d37a45b8b2aac9c-x86.cache-2 b6a04000-b6a0c000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310886 /var/cache/fontconfig/e3de0de479f42330eadf588a55fb5bf4-x86.cache-2 b6a0c000-b6a17000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310885 /var/cache/fontconfig/0f34bcd4b6ee430af32735b75db7f02b-x86.cache-2 b6a17000-b6a1a000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310870 /var/cache/fontconfig/de9486f0b47a4d768a594cb4198cb1c6-x86.cache-2 b6a1a000-b6a21000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310869 /var/cache/fontconfig/d52a8644073d54c13679302ca1180695-x86.cache-2 b6a21000-b6a2d000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 140065 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b6a2d000-b6a2e000 r--p 0000b000 08:01 140065 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b6a2e000-b6a2f000 rw-p 0000c000 08:01 140065 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b6a2f000-b6b12000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 115196 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10 b6b12000-b6b16000 r--p 000e3000 08:01 115196 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10 b6b16000-b6b17000 rw-p 000e7000 08:01 115196 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10 b6b17000-b6b1d000 rw-p b6b17000 00:00 0 b6b1d000-b6b30000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 116235 /usr/lib/libelf-0.131.so b6b30000-b6b32000 rw-p 00012000 08:01 116235 /usr/lib/libelf-0.131.so b6b32000-b6b51000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 164929 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libmurrine.so b6b51000-b6b52000 r--p 0001e000 08:01 164929 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libmurrine.so b6b52000-b6b53000 rw-p 0001f000 08:01 164929 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libmurrine.so b6b53000-b6b97000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 114753 /usr/lib/libspi.so.0.10.11 b6b97000-b6b9a000 r--p 00043000 08:01 114753 /usr/lib/libspi.so.0.10.11 b6b9a000-b6ba2000 rw-p 00046000 08:01 114753 /usr/lib/libspi.so.0.10.11 b6ba2000-b6ba4000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297843 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-desktop-2.0.mo b6ba4000-b6ba6000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310905 /var/cache/fontconfig/c69f04ab05004e31a6d5e715764f16d8-x86.cache-2 b6ba6000-b6bac000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310910 /var/cache/fontconfig/089dead882dea3570ffc31a9898cfb69-x86.cache-2 b6bac000-b6bae000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310838 /var/cache/fontconfig/e13b20fdb08344e0e664864cc2ede53d-x86.cache-2 b6bae000-b6bb1000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297659 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/atk10.mo b6bb1000-b6bb4000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297881 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/libbonobo-2.0.mo b6bb4000-b6bd5000 r--p 00000000 08:01 298353 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo b6bd5000-b6c14000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 168029 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so b6c14000-b6c15000 r--p 0003e000 08:01 168029 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so b6c15000-b6c16000 rw-p 0003f000 08:01 168029 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so b6c16000-b6c3c000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297699 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtk20-properties.mo b6c3c000-b6c46000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 156066 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.8.90.so b6c46000-b6c47000 r--p 00009000 08:01 156066 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.8.90.so b6c47000-b6c48000 rw-p 0000a000 08:01 156066 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.8.90.so b6c48000-b6c51000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 156070 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.8.90.so b6c51000-b6c52000 r--p 00008000 08:01 156070 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.8.90.so b6c52000-b6c53000 rw-p 00009000 08:01 156070 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.8.90.so b6c53000-b6c5a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 156062 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.8.90.so b6c5a000-b6c5b000 r--p 00006000 08:01 156062 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.8.90.so b6c5b000-b6c5c000 rw-p 00007000 08:01 156062 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.8.90.so b6c5c000-b6c5d000 r--s 00000000 08:01 310904 /var/cache/fontconfig/4c73fe0c47614734b17d736dbde7580a-x86.cache-2 b6c5d000-b6c5f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 168259 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so b6c5f000-b6c60000 r--p 00001000 08:01 168259 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so b6c60000-b6c61000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 168259 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so b6c61000-b6c65000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 116046 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0 b6c65000-b6c66000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 116046 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0 b6c66000-b6c6c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 168258 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so b6c6c000-b6c6d000 r--p 00005000 08:01 168258 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so b6c6d000-b6c6e000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 168258 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so b6c6e000-b6c7f000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297818 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtk20.mo b6c7f000-b6c8e000 r--p 00000000 08:01 297619 /usr/share/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-control-center-2.0.mo b6c8e000-b6ccd000 r--p 00000000 08:01 164491 /usr/lib/locale/es_ES.utf8/LC_CTYPE b6Multiple segmentation faults occurred; can't display error dialog It seems its related to libc6 ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Dependencies: libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu7 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu7 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3 libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: package libc6 is already installed and configured Package: libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6 SourcePackage: glibc Title: package libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: package libc6 is already installed and configured Uname: Linux 2.6.27-4-generic i686 ** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package -- [Intrepid] package libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: package libc6 is already installed and configured https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274030 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