I've had this for what seems like ages now. The apport dialog has an "Ignore future problems of this type" which works but is apparently reset by system updates, which is pretty frequently. :-(
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351286 Title: colord-sane assert failure: colord-sane: simple-watch.c:454: avahi_simple_poll_prepare: Assertion `s->state == STATE_INIT || s->state == STATE_DISPATCHED || s->state == STATE_FAILURE' failed. Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Upgraded from 14.04 to 14.10 alpha. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: colord 1.2.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-6.11-generic 3.16.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AssertionMessage: colord-sane: simple-watch.c:454: avahi_simple_poll_prepare: Assertion `s->state == STATE_INIT || s->state == STATE_DISPATCHED || s->state == STATE_FAILURE' failed. Date: Fri Aug 1 14:00:57 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-26 (217 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane ProcEnviron: Signal: 6 SourcePackage: colord StacktraceTop: __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7fcda3d688b0 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=assertion@entry=0x7fcd926f9fb0 "s->state == STATE_INIT || s->state == STATE_DISPATCHED || s->state == STATE_FAILURE", file=file@entry=0x7fcd926f9ee8 "simple-watch.c", line=line@entry=454, function=function@entry=0x7fcd926fa140 "avahi_simple_poll_prepare") at assert.c:92 __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x7fcd926f9fb0 "s->state == STATE_INIT || s->state == STATE_DISPATCHED || s->state == STATE_FAILURE", file=0x7fcd926f9ee8 "simple-watch.c", line=454, function=0x7fcd926fa140 "avahi_simple_poll_prepare") at assert.c:101 avahi_simple_poll_prepare () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3 avahi_simple_poll_iterate () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-kodakaio.so.1 Title: colord-sane assert failure: colord-sane: simple-watch.c:454: avahi_simple_poll_prepare: Assertion `s->state == STATE_INIT || s->state == STATE_DISPATCHED || s->state == STATE_FAILURE' failed. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-07-31 (0 days ago) UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1351286/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp