Same problem Leonardo Silva has, combined with failure with package gconf2. 55 packages cannot be configured because of that.
dmesg | tail [ 719.871495] gconftool-2[1424]: segfault at 300001c4f ip 00007fa70e6aa280 sp 00007fffefbea0b8 error 4 in libc-2.11.1.so[7fa70e627000+17a000] [ 720.054924] update-mime-dat[1428]: segfault at 300001c4f ip 00007f2e56981280 sp 00007fffd68d95c8 error 4 in libc-2.11.1.so[7f2e568fe000+17a000] Attached is the strace output for strace -o/tmp/strace.txt update-mime-database.real /usr/share/mime ** Attachment added: "strace.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/59240/+attachment/1842712/+files/strace.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59240 Title: update-mime-info segfaults -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs