evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()

Bug #280675 reported by Nick Russell
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Evolution
Fix Released
Critical
evolution (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Intrepid
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

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ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
Package: evolution 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: evolution --component=mail
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: evolution
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_is_a ()
 gtk_window_get_position () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/evolution/2.24/libeutil.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-6-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers video

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Nick Russell (thatnick) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic stack trace

StacktraceTop:IA__g_type_check_instance_is_a (type_instance=0xa503c48, iface_type=161650240)
IA__gtk_window_get_position (window=0xa503c48, root_x=0xbfab42f8, root_y=0xbfab42f4)
window_binding_perform_scheduled_sync (binding=0xa225a98) at gconf-bridge.c:631
g_timeout_dispatch (source=0xa49a700, callback=0x57e58955, user_data=0xa225a98)
IA__g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x9a07ac8) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.18.1/glib/gmain.c:2142

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic threaded stack trace
Changed in evolution:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555663

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: New → Triaged
Changed in evolution:
status: Unknown → New
Changed in evolution:
status: New → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug has been fixed upstream now

Changed in evolution:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

upstream rolled a new stable version today which has been uploaded as a candidate update to intrepid now

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in evolution:
status: New → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 2.24.3-0ubuntu1

---------------
evolution (2.24.3-0ubuntu1) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    Bug Fixes:
    - #332729: Invalid write with outspring from e-config.c
    - #337082: Unnamed imap folder (lp: #37227)
    - #435452: Adding People to Meeting Loses Attendee if Add or
               Busy Search Selected
    - #435694: Retract of Email from Sent Items Does not Work
    - #439733: Checking for junk before training
    - #446285: Meeting Entry Does Not Allow Multiple Names
    - #458968: Don't warn the user about changes being lost if he is trying to
               delegate the meeting
    - #546637: Mail opened from the "Unread mails" displays empty (lp: #275952)
    - #551599: Do not fallback to default 15 minutes alarm offset if alarm is
               triggered at start
    - #552583: Passwords don't get stored when using other authentication
            type than "Password"
    - #552583: Free the right url
    - #552583: Account checking logic a bit more consistent
    - #552583: Fix bugs in the account checking logic
    - #552583: Compare the protocol, user, host and port and disregard the rest
    - #555663: Evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in gconf-bridge (lp: #280675)
    - #556303: Evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in camel_mime_part_get_filename
               (lp: #304385)
    - #557176: Crash while trying to click on 'Contacts'
    - #558337: Evolution crashes while managing IMAP folder subscriptions
    - #559153: Unable to convert mailboxes from Hardy to Intrepid versions
    - #560420: Failed spamassassin pipe on Evolution (lp: #275746)
    - #562091: New share memo window doesn't come up
    - #562155: Evolution stopped to start
    - #562450: Edit as New Message doesn't copy the content of a
               GPG signed message
    - #562886: Evolution mailto CLI cannot handle attachments with
               "#" in filename (lp: #304036)
    - #563077: Evolution crashes if gnome-settings-daemon is not
               started on Solaris
    - #563250: Save and restore custom composer accelerators
    - #563369: "Templates" folder not translated
    - #564007: Messages do not show inline decrypted message by default
    - #564860: Evolution crashes in e_util_labels_parse if the labels don't have
               the correct format
    - #565553: Right click on an attachment in calendar event
               and chose application does not work
    - #566653: Local folder's DnD aren't saved well to DB
  * debian/control:
    - updated evolution-data-server requirement

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:23:51 +0100

Changed in evolution:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the new version is in jaunty now

Changed in evolution:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in evolution:
importance: Unknown → Critical
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