Public bug reported: Here is the result in gdb :
$ LC_ALL=C gdb empathy (gdb) run [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0xb6771b70 (LWP 19262)] (empathy:19256): libebook-WARNING **: Can't find installed BookFactories (empathy:19256): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. tp_connection_manager_idle_read_manager_file (data=0x8369ed8) at connection-manager.c:1158 1158 connection-manager.c: No such file or directory. in connection-manager.c At this point, the Empathy's main Windows is open but 100% crashed. Now, I force exit and quit gdb : (gdb) quit The program is running. Quit anyway (and kill it)? (y or n) y Quitting: Couldn't get registers: No such process. Now, I have $ ps aux|grep emapthy ---> Nothing $ ps aux|grep telepathy 146:kusbiste 15034 0.0 0.1 5104 2648 ? S 20:34 0:00 /usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5 147:kusbiste 15036 0.0 0.3 12064 6296 ? S 20:34 0:00 /usr/lib/telepathy/telepathy-gabble But if I receive a message, it gets crazy : it opens and closes itself endlessly every 3 seconds. I'm using a fresh installed KDE-karmic alpha5 after dist-upgrade, version 2.27.91.1-2ubuntu4 This bug is already reported upstream for the version in ppa : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593929 ** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- empathy crashes at start : connection-manager.c: No such file or directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424512 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs