gsynaptics, when started, crashes. There was time when gsynaptics worked on my system, but for some time it doesn't (can't tell when). When installed *not* from ebuild it works. There's a patch (no-libgnome-patch) in gsynaptics ebuild which replaces gnome_pixmap_file() with g_build_filename() (file: main.c, func: setup_dialog()). When going deeper - crash is inside g_build_filename() (glib-2.14.6). When looking into g_build_filename() - g_build_path_va() is called (file: glib/gfileutils.c). Inside g_build_path_va() crash is in line "if (!*element)", earlier va_arg() doesn't return 0 (end of arguments) but 1, that causes element to hold invalid address. Perhaps there's something wrong with g_build_path_va()? Also there's no icon, but I'm not sure why (probably also cause by the patch). Temporary solution: install gsynaptics from source, not by using portage/ebuild. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge gsynaptics (gsynaptics-0.9.13). 2. Start gsynaptics Actual Results: For a short period of time a window appears, then there's SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault). Expected Results: gsynaptics is started.
Could you run gsynaptics inside gdb and provide a proper backtrace? Thanks
Backtrace for gsynaptics: #0 g_build_path_va (separator=0x2b80cc13687b "/", first_element=0x4051b4 "g", args=0x7fffe4134c20, str_array=0x0) at gfileutils.c:1478 #1 0x00002b80cc0dd1d9 in IA__g_build_filename (first_element=0x4051b5 "") at gfileutils.c:1794 #2 0x00000000004029f1 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffe4134e38) at main.c:686 Lukasz.
I've just commited 0.9.14 with a fix from the debian folks, it runs here now. Please reopen if it's not working for you.
