Re: Problem with gnome-shell-extension-prefs on GNOME 3.4.2

["Norman L. Smith" <nls1729 gmail com>]

Jasper:

"fuller backtrace?"

It's been thirty years since I made any money with a debugger so bear
with my question.  

Do you want a bt of the stack after the seg fault?

Norman

 

On Fri, 2012-08-31 at 17:27 -0300, Jasper St. Pierre wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Norman L. Smith <nls1729 gmail com> wrote:
> > Jasper:
> >
> > As I understand the only thing that is crashing is
> > gnome-shell-extension-prefs as described in Amy's first post.  The
> > crashes on OpenSuse are not random they occur any time an extension's
> > pref's widget is loaded.
> >
> > I checked the backtrace I got on a fresh install of OpenSuse 12.2 rc2.
> > I did not save a copy which I should have.  I can't say the backtraces
> > were exactly the same but for sure they both core dumped in the same
> > function:
> >
> > g_base_info_get_namespace () from /usr/lib64/libgirepository-1.0.so.1
> >
> > I am responsible for some the confusion.
> >
> > I thought I had a system with Fedora 17 GS 3.4.2 and it was working
> > fine.  I was in error it had 3.4.1.
> >
> > I downloaded 3.4.2 from the gnome repository and installed it on a
> > Fedora 17 system.  GS 3.4.2 works with no problems on that system.
> >
> > I think Craig's problem is OpenSuse 12.2 rc2.
> >
> > My test setup for OpenSuse 12.2 rc2 is hosed right now.  It's on junk
> > hardware.  I will put a new (old) disk in it and reload OpenSuse 12.2
> > rc2 and verify exactly that the backtraces match or do not match.
> >
> > I don't know what distro Amy's user was using.  She loaded Arch Linux
> > for testing.  To be sure if the problems are identical we actually need
> > a backtrace from her user's machine.
> 
> She gave me one. It matches up. Do we have a fuller backtrace? It might be:
> 
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/gjs/commit/?id=123b631e40b8e60475e41d32263a3e99207dcfde
> 
> > Regards,
> >
> > Norman
> >
> > On Fri, 2012-08-31 at 12:49 -0400, Jasper St. Pierre wrote:
> >> With all this talk of random things crashing, have we actually checked
> >> backtraces to see if they're the same? There could be multiple bugs
> >> that we're confusing.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Norman L. Smith <nls1729 gmail com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello:
> >> >
> >> > I downloaded the tar ball for 3.4.2 and re-installed it onto the Suse
> >> > rc2 install.  It core dumps as before.  I think it is the distro's
> >> > problem.  It was a lot of trouble to figure out all the development
> >> > packages needed on Suse.  I have not used Suse in years.  I have a
> >> > Fedora 17 system that I will try to bring up to 3.4.2 and see what
> >> > happens.  It all depends on the dependencies.
> >> >
> >> > Norman
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 11:15 -0700, Craig Rob wrote:
> >> >> Yesterday I re-downloaded openSuse 12.2 and the newest rc2 build has
> >> >> 3.4.2 installed by default. The prefs panel is still crashing, so I
> >> >> agree it is probably a distro problem. I can't currently downgrade to
> >> >> 3.4.1. The only way I see to move forward is opening a bug for suse,
> >> >> so I am attempting to learn the ins and outs of filing bugs and
> >> >> mailing lists.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________
> >> >> From: Amy <mathematical coffee gmail com>
> >> >> To: nls1729 gmail com
> >> >> Cc: gnome-shell-list gnome org
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:56 AM
> >> >> Subject: Re: Problem with gnome-shell-extension-prefs on GNOME 3.4.2
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Norman,
> >> >>
> >> >> I installed Arch Linux with GNOME shell 3.4.2 on a VM, and cannot
> >> >> reproduce the problem.
> >> >>
> >> >> However I have only just got everything up and running on Arch and the
> >> >> graphics are still eye-bleedingly bad, so perhaps as I install more
> >> >> packages something will break.
> >> >>
> >> >> On 30 August 2012 05:05, Norman L. Smith <nls1729 gmail com> wrote:
> >> >> > Amy:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Please disregard my two prior posts.  For some unknown reason I
> >> >> thought
> >> >> > I was running 3.4.2.  I am not.  I am on 3.4.1 on Fedora 17.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The problem is not distro.  It is apparently 3.4.2 which I am sure
> >> >> you
> >> >> > already know.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Norman
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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