The "MEMORY-ERROR" message appears in ~/.xsession-errors rather than syslog for me, but it's also the same random crashing of gnome- characters that causes the application to suddenly exit; relevant lines in ~/.xsession-errors:
Gjs-Message: 17:38:44.610: JS LOG: Characters Application started Gjs-Message: 17:38:44.782: JS LOG: Characters Application activated Gjs-Message: 17:38:54.534: JS LOG: Failed to search: search step already started Gjs-Message: 17:38:55.994: JS LOG: Failed to search: search step already started Gjs-Message: 17:38:57.856: JS LOG: Failed to search: search step already started Gjs-Message: 17:38:58.958: JS LOG: Failed to search: search step already started ***MEMORY-ERROR***: org.gnome.Characters[4302]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-characters in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2033590 Title: random crashes of gnome-characters Status in gnome-characters package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Usually just a one-line record in syslog: Aug 30 19:10:45 COLOSSUS org.gnome.Characters[11012]: ***MEMORY- ERROR***: org.gnome.Characters[11012]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0 Aug 30 19:12:38 COLOSSUS org.gnome.Characters[11134]: ***MEMORY- ERROR***: org.gnome.Characters[11134]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0 Aug 30 19:17:29 COLOSSUS kernel: [ 2840.611031] pool- org.gnome.[11513]: segfault at 1c8 ip 00007fd1854d1ae3 sp 00007fd1794ca9d8 error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.7200.4[7fd18547a000+8f000] Aug 30 22:44:26 COLOSSUS kernel: [15257.581416] gnome- character[18769]: segfault at 18 ip 00007fb24db9eae3 sp 00007ffc99c29ca8 error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.7200.4[7fb24db47000+8f000] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gnome-characters 41.0-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-82.91-generic 5.15.111 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-82-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Aug 30 22:52:57 2023 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-03 (1215 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: gnome-characters UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-07-15 (412 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-characters/+bug/2033590/+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