Latest libcanberra update causes Firefox and Thunderbird to crash on startup

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I can also confirm that the update broke my Oneiric Ubuntu install as well. If I launch a terminal there are no window borders for instance. If I start for instance Thunderbird via terminal and do sudo thunderbird it starts, but still no window decorations. I'll try to revert to get back to working state again...

I can also confirm. Affects more programs: Gimp, Synaptic.

This affects rekonq, too:

$ rekonq http://gmail.com
rekonq(3887)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "show_history_panel" with KXMLGUIFactory!
rekonq(3887)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "show_bookmarks_panel" with KXMLGUIFactory!
lengau@TARDIS:~$ QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/lengau/.config/ibus/bus
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)
No bp log location saved, using default.
[000:001] Browser XEmbed support present: 1
[000:001] Browser toolkit is not Gtk2 (0).
[000:001] Using Xt toolkit
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)

(rekonq:3887): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_set_back_pixmap: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

(rekonq:3887): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_origin: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
rekonq: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so: undefined symbol: gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored

I experience the same problems. Unity 2D correctly provides window decorations, but 3D doesn't. Running apps as root (with sudo) does not trigger the bug. This bug affects at least gksu, firefox, thunderbird, chromium, banshee, and apport-bug. Running affected apps in terminal reports
<app>: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so: undefined symbol: gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored

I tried a reinstall of my computer but leaving /home intact. Logging in as other users on the computer was fine, but my account still experienced this bug. I then made a backup of my home-folder and started over again with an empty one. All is now fine! So, there must be something in my old profile/config/settings that triggers this bug. Strange...

Chromium is also not working.

Workaround (from http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11296757&postcount=16):

- Downloading the .deb from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/amd64/libcanberra-gtk-module/0.28-0ubuntu8
- And installing it with dpkg -i

I can't reproduce it here, but it has to do with something linking against gtk2 instead of gtk3. In any case, I hope the attached patch will fix the problem, can anybody verify?

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Re-installing libcanberra-gtk-module_0.28-0ubuntu8_i386.deb results in working applications again.

Tested with Thunderbird, Firefox, gVim and Emacs.

This problem was fixed by re-installing 0.28-0ubuntu8 for me as well. I have noticed the bug that led me to this bug has not resurfaced (ubuntu software center crashes after launch, LP# 834403) after reverting to this version.

I fixed this one removing libcanberra-gtk-module. I'm using Kubuntu 11.10 and so I don't use many GTK apps, but Firefox and Google Chrome are running now.

same problem as original report, same error message confirmed for firefox and thunderbird since latest software update.

this is a complete showstopper for these two critically important applications. will attempt to downgrade libcanberra-gtk-module and report if this works.

ok. after messing around trying to find a working browser to download it though ;) downgrading libcanberra-gtk-module to 0.28-0ubuntu8_amd64 fixed the problem.

hopefully a permanent fix can be uploaded asap.

cheers,
stephen.

@David: your patch does fix the issue for me after rebuilding the package.

@Stephen when in doubt, you can always use wget on the command line. eg:

wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/amd64/libcanberra-gtk-module/0.28-0ubuntu8

@Anthony yep, thanks. thought i only had a link to the page though not the full url to the package. ;) anyway got it with konqueror in the end since rekonq wouldn't work either.

looks like this is in hand now. excellent.

it's exciting, release is so close now! :)

Nice fix on this one, still others from this morning'supdates in gnome... but now apport works for reporting them. Thanks guys

The link to the ubuntu8 .deb for the 64 bit version is:

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/79299853/libcanberra-gtk-module_0.28-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb

(the link above will get you an html file).
It solved the issue for me too.

Michael, can you please ask Lennart to commit David's patch upstream as well? Thanks!

This bug was fixed in the package libcanberra - 0.28-0ubuntu10

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libcanberra (0.28-0ubuntu10) oneiric; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/10_no_nonnative_crash.patch:
    Make sure the patch does not make libcanberra crash when
    linked against gtk2 (LP: #862553)
 -- David Henningsson <email address hidden> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:49:49 +0200

While GTK apps have stopped crashing, they are still taking forever to load and I get freezes every now and then.

I also still get the "[3:3:800397596:ERROR:nss_util.cc(397)] Error initializing NSS without a persistent database: libsoftokn3.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied"

This is using Kubuntu 11.10 64-bit. Funny enough I only have this issue on one of three installs.

Andreas, I don't see why a problem with libsoftokn3.so has something to do with this bug, which was about libcanberra. You should report a new bug for your problem. Maybe you can work around it by trying what is suggested in comment 31 at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=91962#c31. If this works, please note that in your newly reported bug for reference.