Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin
first here's the backtrace Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. validate_visible_area (tree_view=0x833aa18) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gtk/gtktreeview.c:5770 5770 /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gtk/gtktreeview.c: No such file or directory. in /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gtk/gtktreeview.c (gdb) (gdb) bt #0 validate_visible_area (tree_view=0x833aa18) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gtk/gtktreeview.c:5770 #1 0x01118e3d in do_presize_handler (tree_view=0x833aa18) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gtk/gtktreeview.c:6300 #2 0x01118eee in presize_handler_callback (data=0x833aa18) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gtk/gtktreeview.c:6322 #3 0x006d5ed8 in gdk_threads_dispatch (data=0x8e13300) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gdk/gdk.c:506 #4 0x00a3e0f1 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00a3fe78 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #6 0x00a43720 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #7 0x00a43b8f in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #8 0x0100b2d9 in IA__gtk_main () at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.0/gtk/gtkmain.c:1205 #9 0x080ca4e9 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff844) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.6.2/./pidgin/gtkmain.c:915 now, how does this occur? in the buddies menu, there are a bunch of menu items (send message, view log, view buddy info....") that can do type ahead based on your buddy list contents. however, it seems that with 2,18 (unsure if it affects earlier versions), pidgin will repeatedly crash when looking for some of my buddies with a back trace like I show above. asked in #pidgin and they seem to think its a gtk bug, unsure how to file a bug directly against gtk+2.0 as launchpad keeps redirecting me to wiki about how to file bugs. (very annoying) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Oct 1 21:46:52 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin Package: pidgin 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu6 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic SourcePackage: pidgin Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686 ** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- crash in gtk 2.18 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440311 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