I was able to fix and then recreate this! The original problem was a somehow corrupted (binary looking) .gtk-bookmarks (hat tip to Paul for that). I deleted it and it works great. If I cat a binary file into .gtk-bookmarks it crashes the launcher. Looking for someone to confirm this.
** Changed in: netbook-launcher (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: netbook-launcher (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => New -- [karmic] netbook-launcher segfault 4 on libc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440947 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