I rebooted and was able to launch empathy-accounts again. Both accounts were still there. I tried to delete what I thought was the offending account, and it crashed: malachi@beast:~$ empathy-accounts
(empathy-accounts:2917): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance with invalid (NULL) class pointer (empathy-accounts:2917): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_handler_disconnect: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed ** ERROR:empathy-user-info.c:252:fill_contact_info_grid: assertion failed: (spec != NULL) Aborted (core dumped) Now, I'm back into the situation of the original reporter again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181454 Title: empathy-accounts crashes on launch Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Bringing up the accounts windows just causes it to crash, no account management can be performed. There is a popup about "Ubuntu just stopped working..." The title of the crash report is "empathy-accounts crashed with SIGABRT in raise()" StacktraceTop has the offending line "raise() from /lib/x86_64-linux- gnu/libc.so.6" Ubuntu release: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 package version: empathy: Installed: 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expectation: the "Online Accounts" window would open normally, and allow me to create/remove accounts Actual outcome: The window crashed as soon as it opened. Invoking 'empath-accounts' directly from the command line results in: $ empathy-accounts ** ERROR:empathy-user-info.c:252:fill_contact_info_grid: assertion failed: (spec != NULL) Aborted (core dumped) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1181454/+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
