Dear Landry and pgadmin3 Maintainers, Removing that file doesn't help. Pgadmin3 will crash after creating a new one. I find this package completely unusable. The following backtrace has been obtained after removing that file:
gdb /usr/bin/pgadmin3 GNU gdb (Debian 7.11.1-2) 7.11.1 [...] Reading symbols from /usr/bin/pgadmin3...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/5f/5de51f2d0bf14d6b6f50a56a755a95b68b3512.debug...done. done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/pgadmin3 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". 17:03:41: Warning: Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected. The library used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1009,wx containers,compatible with 2.8), and your program used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1010,wx containers,compatible with 2.8). 17:03:41: Debug: Adding duplicate image handler for 'PNG file' [New Thread 0x7fffe6090700 (LWP 12420)] [New Thread 0x7fffe588f700 (LWP 12421)] Thread 1 "pgadmin3" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. pgConn::GetStatus (this=0x0) at db/pgConn.cpp:1011 1011 db/pgConn.cpp: No such file or directory. (gdb) bt #0 pgConn::GetStatus (this=0x0) at db/pgConn.cpp:1011 #1 0x0000555555ac26e1 in pluginUtilityFactory::CheckEnable (this=0x555556eb6530, obj=0x555556fe8da0) at frm/plugins.cpp:383 #2 0x0000555555db770a in menuFactoryList::CheckMenu (this=0x555556e995f0, obj=obj@entry=0x555556fe8da0, menubar=0x555556f2c6b0, toolbar=0x555556e99610) at utils/factory.cpp:266 #3 0x00005555559d55ba in frmMain::setDisplay (this=this@entry=0x555556e657c0, data=0x555556fe8da0, props=props@entry=0x0, sqlbox=sqlbox@entry=0x0) at frm/events.cpp:600 #4 0x00005555559d9202 in frmMain::execSelChange (this=this@entry=0x555556e657c0, item=..., currentNode=<optimized out>) at frm/events.cpp:512 #5 0x00005555559d9945 in frmMain::OnExpand (this=0x555556e657c0, event=...) at frm/events.cpp:277 #6 0x00007ffff598659e in wxAppConsoleBase::CallEventHandler(wxEvtHandler*, wxEventFunctor&, wxEvent&) const () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #7 0x00007ffff5b0ca87 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatchesId(wxEventTableEntryBase const&, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #8 0x00007ffff5b0cb7b in wxEventHashTable::HandleEvent(wxEvent&, wxEvtHandler*) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #9 0x00007ffff5b0cf2b in wxEvtHandler::TryHereOnly(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #10 0x00007ffff5b0cd33 in wxEvtHandler::DoTryChain(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #11 0x00007ffff5b0d015 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #12 0x00007ffff66ac6c8 in wxWindowBase::TryAfter(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0 #13 0x00007ffff671a05b in wxScrollHelperEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0 #14 0x00007ffff6731703 in wxGenericTreeCtrl::Expand(wxTreeItemId const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0 #15 0x00007ffff6733710 in wxGenericTreeCtrl::OnMouse(wxMouseEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0 #16 0x00007ffff598659e in wxAppConsoleBase::CallEventHandler(wxEvtHandler*, wxEventFunctor&, wxEvent&) const () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #17 0x00007ffff5b0ca87 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatchesId(wxEventTableEntryBase const&, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #18 0x00007ffff5b0cb7b in wxEventHashTable::HandleEvent(wxEvent&, wxEvtHandler*) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #19 0x00007ffff5b0cf2b in wxEvtHandler::TryHereOnly(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #20 0x00007ffff5b0cfb3 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #21 0x00007ffff5b0d015 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #22 0x00007ffff671a05b in wxScrollHelperEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0 #23 0x00007ffff5b0cd87 in wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #24 0x00007ffff64c5fb6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0 #25 0x00007ffff34fe84c in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #26 0x00007ffff2ed4f75 in g_closure_invoke () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #27 0x00007ffff2ee6f82 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #28 0x00007ffff2eef66f in g_signal_emit_valist () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #29 0x00007ffff2eeffaf in g_signal_emit () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #30 0x00007ffff361698c in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #31 0x00007ffff34fd014 in gtk_propagate_event () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #32 0x00007ffff34fd3cb in gtk_main_do_event () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #33 0x00007ffff3172cec in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 #34 0x00007ffff278c7d7 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #35 0x00007ffff278ca40 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #36 0x00007ffff278cd62 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #37 0x00007ffff34fc447 in gtk_main () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #38 0x00007ffff64979c5 in wxGUIEventLoop::DoRun() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0 #39 0x00007ffff59c86f3 in wxEventLoopBase::Run() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #40 0x00007ffff598da06 in wxAppConsoleBase::MainLoop() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #41 0x00007ffff5a1a310 in wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0 #42 0x00005555556f9ae2 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at pgAdmin3.cpp:126 (gdb) quit Best Regards, Manolo Díaz -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.8.5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages pgadmin3 depends on: ii libc6 2.24-5 ii libgcc1 1:6.2.0-10 ii libpq5 9.6.0-1 ii libssl1.0.2 1.0.2j-1 ii libstdc++6 6.2.0-10 ii libwxbase3.0-0v5 3.0.2+dfsg-2 ii libwxgtk3.0-0v5 3.0.2+dfsg-2 ii libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 ii libxslt1.1 1.1.29-2 ii pgadmin3-data 1.22.1-2 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b3 Versions of packages pgadmin3 recommends: pn pgagent <none> ii postgresql-client 9.6+177 ii postgresql-client-9.6 [postgresql-client] 9.6.0-1 Versions of packages pgadmin3 suggests: ii postgresql-contrib 9.6+177 -- no debconf information -- Manolo Díaz