Public bug reported: Since today I am unable to start xchat gnome. It segfaults on startup:
$ gdb xchat-gnome (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/xchat-gnome (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1225398592 (LWP 8410)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread -1225398592 (LWP 8410)] 0xb7674309 in free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0xb7674309 in free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #1 0xb776ae8c in g_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0xb777c6e9 in g_strfreev () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0xb6dbb743 in ISpellChecker::suggestWord () from /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_ispell.so #4 0xb6dce7eb in enchant_get_user_home_dir () from /usr/lib/libenchant.so.1 #5 0xb6dcfa2d in enchant_broker_list_dicts () from /usr/lib/libenchant.so.1 #6 0xb7c99ea0 in sexy_spell_entry_get_languages () from /usr/lib/libsexy.so.2 #7 0xb7c9a04b in sexy_spell_entry_activate_default_languages () from /usr/lib/libsexy.so.2 #8 0xb7c9a227 in sexy_spell_entry_activate_default_languages () from /usr/lib/libsexy.so.2 #9 0xb77ef1cc in g_type_create_instance () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #10 0xb77d5aa2 in g_object_thaw_notify () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #11 0xb77d6115 in g_object_newv () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #12 0xb77d6ca5 in g_object_new_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #13 0xb77d6e4e in g_object_new () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #14 0x08072b72 in text_entry_new () #15 0xb7f4a396 in glade_xml_ensure_accel () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #16 0xb7f4bce3 in glade_xml_build_widget () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #17 0xb7f4c6b9 in glade_standard_build_children () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #18 0xb7f4b689 in glade_xml_set_common_params () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #19 0xb7f4bd43 in glade_xml_build_widget () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #20 0xb7f4c6b9 in glade_standard_build_children () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #21 0xb7f4b689 in glade_xml_set_common_params () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #22 0xb7f4bd43 in glade_xml_build_widget () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #23 0xb7f5521b in glade_interface_dump () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #24 0xb7f4b689 in glade_xml_set_common_params () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #25 0xb7f4bd43 in glade_xml_build_widget () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #26 0xb7f4c6b9 in glade_standard_build_children () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #27 0xb7f4b689 in glade_xml_set_common_params () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #28 0xb7f4bd43 in glade_xml_build_widget () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #29 0xb7f4c6b9 in glade_standard_build_children () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #30 0xb7f4b689 in glade_xml_set_common_params () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #31 0xb7f4bd43 in glade_xml_build_widget () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #32 0xb7f4c029 in glade_xml_build_widget () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #33 0xb7f4c15d in glade_xml_construct () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #34 0xb7f4c1d7 in glade_xml_new () from /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 #35 0x08062684 in initialize_gui_1 () #36 0x0806072a in fe_init () #37 0x08098317 in main () I see /usr/lib/libsexy.so.2 in the stack trace, and I notice that I've upgraded libsexy2 to version 0.1.7-0ubuntu5 last night. Could that be the cause? ** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed -- xchat-gnome segfaults on startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/44991 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs