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Bug 445894 - gdm login screen not starting - segfault in sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.29
Summary: gdm login screen not starting - segfault in sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.29
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] GNOME (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team
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Reported: 2012-12-04 07:49 UTC by Denny Reeh
Modified: 2012-12-04 08:15 UTC (History)
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Description Denny Reeh 2012-12-04 07:49:13 UTC 
after upgrade to sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.29 gnome login screen is not starting. the clock cursor is shown and nothing happens after this.

from the dmesg:
[  251.946873] accounts-daemon[3923]: segfault at 7c9d79a0 ip b736d746 sp bff308e8 error 4 in libc-2.16.so[b72d7000+1a1000]
[  252.113580] accounts-daemon[3927]: segfault at 7c9d79a0 ip b7337746 sp bfa6b908 error 4 in libc-2.16.so[b72a1000+1a1000]


after downgrade to 0.6.25 all works fine.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start of xdm/gdm
2. x is started
3. clock cursor appears and login screen doesn't appear
Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-04 08:15:54 UTC 
Thanks for reporting; should be fixed in accountsservice-0.6.29-r1

If it still gives you problems, please reopen the bug.

>*accountsservice-0.6.29-r1 (04 Dec 2012)
>
>  04 Dec 2012; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org>
>  -accountsservice-0.6.29.ebuild, +accountsservice-0.6.29-r1.ebuild,
>  +files/accountsservice-0.6.29-32bit-crash.patch:
>  Fix crash on 32-bit systems (bug #445894, thanks to Denny Reeh).