Yeah, I just tested downgrading GLib and it fixes it. We'll remove the revert at the next upload.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1180857 Title: libglib2.37.0 kills skype on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Status in The "G" Library - GLib: New Status in “glib2.0” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “skype” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Starting program: /usr/lib/skype/skype [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x08075f44 in malloc@plt () (gdb) bt #0 0x08075f44 in malloc@plt () #1 0xf437b2d3 in g_malloc () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0xf437b59b in g_malloc_n () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0xf4385267 in g_quark_from_static_string () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0xf4594902 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #5 0xf7feb216 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #6 0xf7feb2fc in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #7 0xf7fdd1df in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libglib2.0-0:i386 2.37.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-2.6-generic 3.9.2 Uname: Linux 3.9.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu May 16 17:17:50 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-03-10 (798 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: i386 SourcePackage: glib2.0 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-16 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glib/+bug/1180857/+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
