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nautilus package

nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

Bug #542438 reported by agitdd99
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

lucid per 20th march 2010.nautilus error. can't start anything on the desktop after logging in.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Mar 20 12:54:57 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100314)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nautilus 1:2.29.92.1-0ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: nautilus
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x8161038: mov 0x8(%eax),%edx
 PC (0x08161038) ok
 source "0x8(%eax)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: nautilus
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
Title: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

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agitdd99 (agitdd99) wrote :
visibility: private → public
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Sziráki Tamás (sziraki.tamas) wrote :

tried to use gksu nautilus to change the name of previous user after reinstall Lynx, but it crashed.

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Stephan Peijnik (speijnik) wrote :

I am having the same problem. It seems to be related with "X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus" getting added at the top of the /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop file (actually all nautilus*.desktop files I had a glance at look that way).

Also, starting nautilus from a terminal results in the following output before dumping core:

(nautilus:12768): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Could not load desktop file '/usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop': Key file does not start with a group

Removing the first line from /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop fixes things for me, looks like something in the build system is messing up those desktop files. Some applications seem to be able to cope with that though, but at least nautilus is not.
Attached is the broken desktop file.

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Stephan Peijnik (speijnik) wrote :

Marked as confirmed

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Stephan Peijnik (speijnik) wrote :

After another quick check I noticed that this is related to problems in cdbs (langpack.mk to be precise, which adds X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain to the .desktop files, possibly LP: #535650).

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Stephan Peijnik (speijnik) wrote :

This should be fixed as of 1:2.29.92.1-0ubuntu3.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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