[gdm-list] gdmsetup segfault in Fedora Core 5 x86_64

[Scott Paine <spaine cfa harvard edu>]

Problem:

When running the graphical Login Window Preferences tool in Gnome, the
GUI opens up OK, but as soon as any setting is changed, the program
crashes.  The problem appeared after a kernel update to
2.6.16-1.2133_FC5.


The following entry appears in /var/log/messages:

Jun 14 12:32:07 carmenere kernel: gdmsetup[4633]: segfault at
0000000000000000 rip 0000003133d40490 rsp 00007fffffd9dcc8 error 4


Results of run in gdb:

(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/sbin/gdmsetup
... messages about missing debug symbols...
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 46912496261888 (LWP 4704)]
... messages about missing debug symbols...
[New Thread 1074006336 (LWP 4686)]
[New Thread 1084496192 (LWP 4692)]
[Thread 1084496192 (LWP 4692) exited]

... OK so far, but click on new login theme radio button in GUI and it
crashes...

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 46912496261888 (LWP 4683)]
0x0000003133d40490 in g_str_hash () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000003133d40490 in g_str_hash () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1  0x0000003133d1b63d in g_hash_table_lookup ()
   from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2  0x000000000041cbd5 in ve_config_get ()
#3  0x0000000000414489 in gdm_setup_config_set_string ()
#4  0x0000000000414934 in gdm_setup_config_set_string ()
#5  0x000000000040c530 in _start ()
#6  0x0000003133d2736b in g_source_get_current_time ()
   from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7  0x0000003133d26cca in g_main_context_dispatch ()
   from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#8  0x0000003133d29e45 in g_main_context_check ()
   from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#9  0x0000003133d2a16d in g_main_loop_run ()
from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#10 0x000000313481ee93 in gtk_main ()
from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#11 0x000000000041615e in main ()
(gdb)

Thanks,

Scott Paine
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
spaine cfa harvard edu