I decided to try reproducing it again a few times and gather some more data on it. Actually got a slightly different warning this time:
ant@Master-Ant:~$ simple-scan *** glibc detected *** simple-scan: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fa300085240 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7e626)[0x7fa324db0626] /usr/lib/sane/libsane-hpaio.so.1(sane_hpaio_close+0xa4)[0x7fa2fa132574] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsane.so.1(sane_dll_close+0x24)[0x7fa32585a864] simple-scan[0x4229b9] simple-scan[0x422a4a] simple-scan[0x42367c] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x699e5)[0x7fa325ac79e5] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x7e9a)[0x7fa3250f6e9a] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7fa324e244bd] I've attached the full log of this from the terminal as 'crash' and whilst doing this, i was also running gdb with lot of dbgsym packages in the hopes of getting a decent backtrace. Addtionally, info for the printer in use is as follows, from the log in the .cache folder in /home/: DEBUG: scanner.vala:346: Device: name="hpaio:/usb/Photosmart_C4100_series?serial=MY7BDJ10KC04J7" vendor="Hewlett-Packard" model="Photosmart_C4100_series" type="all-in-one" [+61.64s] DEBUG: simple-scan.vala:296: Requesting scan at 600 dpi from device 'hpaio:/usb/Photosmart_C4100_series?serial=MY7BDJ10KC04J7' [+61.64s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1491: Scanner.scan ("hpaio:/usb/Photosmart_C4100_series?serial=MY7BDJ10KC04J7", dpi=600, scan_mode=ScanMode.GRAY, depth=2, type=ScanType.SINGLE, paper_width=2100, paper_height=2970) When this crash is reproduced, the log is always ended with: [+80.52s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1141: sane_start (page=0, pass=0) -> SANE_STATUS_DEVICE_BUSY [+80.52s] WARNING: scanner.vala:1148: Unable to start device: Device busy [+80.52s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:715: sane_cancel () ** Attachment added: "slightly different crash using same procedure" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1029670/+attachment/3240354/+files/crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029670 Title: *** glibc detected *** ./src/simple-scan: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x00007f4f5c06dc90 *** To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1029670/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs