Here is a coredump and some analysis with gdb
Core was generated by `./powertop'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0x00007f7f1f7f7a75 in *__GI_raise (sig=<value optimized out>) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64 64 ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory. in ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f7f1f7f7a75 in *__GI_raise (sig=<value optimized out>) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64 #1 0x00007f7f1f7fb5c0 in *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92 #2 0x00007f7f1f7f0941 in *__GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x40c111 "strlen(string) > 0", file=<value optimized out>, line=113, function=0x40d5a8 "push_line_pid") at assert.c:81 #3 0x0000000000402b89 in push_line_pid (string=0x7fffdea8df80 "", cpu_count=<value optimized out>, disk_count=<value optimized out>, pid=0x7fffdea8ff80 "3552") at powertop.c:113 #4 0x000000000040a953 in parse_event (ptr=<value optimized out>, verbose=0) at perf.c:230 #5 0x000000000040aaf6 in parse_data_dirty_buffer () at perf.c:270 #6 0x0000000000405035 in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at powertop.c:1089 (gdb) up #1 0x00007f7f1f7fb5c0 in *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92 92 abort.c: No such file or directory. in abort.c (gdb) up #2 0x00007f7f1f7f0941 in *__GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x40c111 "strlen(string) > 0", file=<value optimized out>, line=113, function=0x40d5a8 "push_line_pid") at assert.c:81 81 assert.c: No such file or directory. in assert.c (gdb) up #3 0x0000000000402b89 in push_line_pid (string=0x7fffdea8df80 "", cpu_count=<value optimized out>, disk_count=<value optimized out>, pid=0x7fffdea8ff80 "3552") at powertop.c:113 113 assert(strlen(string) > 0); (gdb) up #4 0x000000000040a953 in parse_event (ptr=<value optimized out>, verbose=0) at perf.c:230 230 push_line_pid(line, 0, 1, pid); (gdb) print line $1 = "\000hromium-browse\000omium-browse' is writing to file 'History-journal' on /dev/sda7.\nThis prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.\000\000\000\227\004\201\037\177\177\000\000\260\342\250\336\377\177\000\000\243\005\201\037\177\177\000\000\002\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\070\000\000\000\061\000\000\000.\000\000\000\070\000\000\000\201\v\201\037\177\177\000\000 113909 10502746\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\240"... (gdb) -- powertop: powertop.c:113: push_line_pid: Assertion `strlen(string) > 0' failed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554983 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