Public bug reported: Since recently, empathy crashes on startup for me, it often takes gnome- shell down with it, too. This was somehow not captured by apport, so I got a backtrace using GDB:
Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x00007ffff12733a5 in __GI_raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64 64 ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory. in ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007ffff12733a5 in __GI_raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64 resultvar = 0 pid = <optimized out> selftid = <optimized out> #1 0x00007ffff1276b0b in __GI_abort () at abort.c:92 save_stage = 2 act = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0, sa_sigaction = 0}, sa_mask = {__val = {140737239553917, 140737239071648, 140737353908224, 1024, 0, 12987488, 12987488, 4294967295, 140737242821056, 13001104, 13001104, 3096640, 0, 11850496, 8044144, 140737242841088}}, sa_flags = -136405068, sa_restorer = 0x7fff00000005} sigs = {__val = {32, 0 <repeats 15 times>}} #2 0x00007ffff164481d in g_assertion_message () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007ffff1644d42 in g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007ffff6e85b0b in folks_persona_set_individual () ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- from /usr/lib/libfolks.so.25 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007ffff6e79cdc in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfolks.so.25 No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007ffff6e8010e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfolks.so.25 No symbol table info available. #7 0x00007ffff6e864ad in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfolks.so.25 No symbol table info available. #8 0x00007ffff1ae6254 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #9 0x00007ffff1af94fb in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #10 0x00007ffff1b02b17 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #11 0x00007ffff1b02ecd in g_signal_emit_by_name () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #12 0x00007ffff6e867e2 in _folks_persona_store_emit_personas_changed () ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- from /usr/lib/libfolks.so.25 No symbol table info available. #13 0x00007ffff70b419b in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfolks-telepathy.so.25 No symbol table info available. #14 0x00007ffff1fb1ee1 in g_simple_async_result_complete () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #15 0x00007ffff6e8d055 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfolks.so.25 No symbol table info available. #16 0x00007ffff1fb1ee1 in g_simple_async_result_complete () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #17 0x00007ffff1f8546b in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #18 0x00007ffff1fa0c28 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #19 0x00007ffff1fb1ee1 in g_simple_async_result_complete () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #20 0x00007ffff1fb1f88 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #21 0x00007ffff1620b6d in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #22 0x00007ffff1621368 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #23 0x00007ffff16218a2 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #24 0x00007ffff31b610d in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0 No symbol table info available. #25 0x00007ffff1fe334e in g_application_run () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #26 0x000000000043d4bc in main () No symbol table info available. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: empathy 3.1.91-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Sep 11 11:40:04 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-07 (3 days ago) ** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/846900 Title: Empathy crashes on startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/846900/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs