xfce 4.2 Fedora Core 2 problem
John Meadows
john at meadowsonline.com
Tue Jan 18 02:12:35 CET 2005
I can't say it makes sense to me either ;)
Thanks anyway.
I will put in a bug entry.
Regards,
John
Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> John Meadows wrote:
>
>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> 0x0804efca in set_imgfile_root_property (desktop=0x0, filename=0x0,
>> monitor=0)
>> at xfce-desktop.c:97
>> 97
>> gdk_property_change(gdk_screen_get_root_window(desktop->priv->gscreen),
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0 0x0804efca in set_imgfile_root_property (desktop=0x0, filename=0x0,
>> monitor=0) at xfce-desktop.c:97
>> #1 0x0804f9a4 in load_initial_settings (desktop=0x8b3a390,
>> mcs_client=0x8b2f190) at xfce-desktop.c:414
>> #2 0x08050398 in xfce_desktop_new (gscreen=0x8b23ab0,
>> mcs_client=0x8b2f190)
>> at xfce-desktop.c:713
>> #3 0x0804cde1 in main (argc=1, argv=0xfef4dbe4) at main.c:319
>> (gdb)
>
>
> unfortunately, this makes no sense. in frame #1, the desktop pointer
> is fine, but then in frame #0, the arguments are zeroed, and
> apparently it's crashing because it's trying to dereference the
> desktop pointer. which can never ever ever acutally *be* NULL there,
> despite the backtrace, so i have no idea what's going on.
>
> -brian
>
>> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>
>>> sorry, but that's not too useful. i need the actual backtrace (type
>>> 'bt' at the gdb prompt after it crashes). also, it would be very
>>> helpful if you were to recompile xfdesktop passing
>>> --enable-debug=yes to configure.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> brian
>>>
>>> p.s. "Error while mapping shared library sections: : Success. " <--
>>> that has to be my favorite non-error error message ever ^_~.
>>>
>>> John Meadows wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Brian:
>>>>
>>>> Here is the trace. I believe my Core 2 had an older version of xfce
>>>> installed when it was initially set up, (even though I tried it
>>>> maybe once and went back to the default Desktop). I am wondering
>>>> ifd I should do another uninstall, and then try an RPM install?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> gdb xfdesktop
>>>> GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.0post-0.20040223.19rh)
>>>> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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>>>> and you are
>>>> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
>>>> conditions.
>>>> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
>>>> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for
>>>> details.
>>>> This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...(no debugging
>>>> symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library
>>>> "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
>>>>
>>>> (gdb) handle SIGPIPE nostop
>>>> Signal Stop Print Pass to program Description
>>>> SIGPIPE No Yes Yes Broken pipe
>>>> (gdb) run
>>>> Starting program: /usr/local/bin/xfdesktop
>>>> Error while mapping shared library sections:
>>>> : Success.
>>>> Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
>>>> debugging symbols found)...Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...Error while reading shared library
>>>> symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...Error while reading shared library
>>>> symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...Error while reading shared library
>>>> symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>> Error while reading shared library symbols:
>>>> : No such file or directory.
>>>>
>>>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>>>> 0x0804f33e in set_imgfile_root_property ()
>>>>
>>>> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John Meadows wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried installing/uninstalling xfce 4.2 a couple of times
>>>>>> today, but I keep getting the following issue: xfce loads up ok,
>>>>>> except for the desktop manager; when I run xfdesktop (so I can
>>>>>> get my right click menu working on the desktop), I get a
>>>>>> segmentation fault error every time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> do you get the segfault on startup, or after trying to use the
>>>>> menu? also, are you sure it isn't already running? please
>>>>> provide a backtrace (http://gaim.sf.net/gdb.php for an example of
>>>>> how to do this).
>>>>>
>>>>> for future reference, please report crash bugs to
>>>>> http://bugzilla.xfce.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> brian
>>>>>
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