[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000173]: xfce-panel crash on startup, seg fault

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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000173
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Reporter:                   darkliquid
Handler:                    
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000173
Category:                   panel
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2004-04-15 08:53 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-04-25 13:17 GMT
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Summary:                    xfce-panel crash on startup, seg fault
Description: 
I rebooted my computer for once, and out of the blue, the panel started
crashing at startup though it was working perfectly before. Running it
from a console shows this:

(xfce4-panel:30142): Gtk-WARNING **: gtksettings.c:739: an rc-data
property "gtk-icon-theme-name" already exists
Segmentation Fault

I guessed it was a configuration file issue, but changing/deleting configs
did nothing. I also tried recompiling the base xfce4 libs and the panel,
no go as well.

I am running Gtk-2.4, kernel 2.6.4.
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 darkliquid - 2004-04-15 09:08 GMT 
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Additional: This is with XFCE-4.0.4
Also, I just deleted the entire .xfce4 directory, and now it works, but
deleting files individually did not help.

edited on: 04-15 09:08

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 kelnos - 2004-04-15 14:03 GMT 
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i'm going to need a backtrace if i'm going to debug this.  the instructions
at http://gaim.sourceforge.net/gdb.php - suitably modified for
xfce4-panel, of course - should get you started.

i have two problems with that error message you're seeing right before the
segfault.

1) the only place we set that property is in CVS libxfcegui4, certainly
not 4.0.4.

2) also, are you _sure_ you're using gtk 2.4?  you shouldn't be seeing
that Gtk-WARNING in gtk 2.4, as we're only adding that property for gtk
2.2 and below (again, though, only in our CVS version).  well, for gtk 2.3
as well, i suppose, which should already have the property, but we're not
going to support gtk 2.3, as it's a development version.  so i somewhat
suspect you're running gtk 2.3.  if that's the case, please upgrade to
2.4.0 and see if that solves the problem.

at any rate, 4.0.4 has known issues with gtk 2.4.  please either downgrade
to gtk 2.2 and see if you still have the problem, or wait for xfce 4.0.5
to come out (very soon, maybe today).  report back here and let us know
how it goes.

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 darkliquid - 2004-04-15 22:16 GMT 
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right, now i can't seem to replicate the bug, now that i have deleted my
~/.xfce4 directory.

As for the CVS version of libxfcegui4, it definately is not, i tried
recompiling it and reinstalling the 4.0.4 version before i deleted the
~/.xfce4 directory and still there was no avail.

Ans as for running gtk-2.4, definately a yes, i compiled and installed it
myself and it happily replaced the old 2.2 libs i had.

I am currently downloading xfce-4.0.5, so i'll see how that goes. :) sorry
about the bad bug reports, i'm kinda new at this, having only recently
acquired 'net access at home.

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 huysmans - 2004-04-25 09:44 GMT 
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darkliquid, any update on this?

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 darkliquid - 2004-04-25 13:17 GMT 
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sorry, i completely forgot! right, 4.0.5 works perfectly, i have yet to
experience any problems with it of any kind. Thanks for an excellent
release!