Evolution crashes reproducibly every time I try to print a mail using LPR. I can "print to a PDF file" without any issues, but printing directly reproducibly causes a hard crash with the following messages on the console: (evolution:26654): evolution-util-CRITICAL **: e_activity_get_alert_sink: assertion 'E_IS_ACTIVITY (activity)' failed (evolution:26654): evolution-util-CRITICAL **: e_activity_handle_cancellation: assertion 'E_IS_ACTIVITY (activity)' failed (evolution:26654): evolution-util-CRITICAL **: e_activity_set_state: assertion 'E_IS_ACTIVITY (activity)' failed (evolution:26654): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (evolution:26654): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Speicherzugriffsfehler USE flags: mail-client/evolution-3.24.5:2.0::gentoo USE="bogofilter crypt geolocation highlight spell ssl weather -archive -ldap -spamassassin" emerge --info: Portage 2.3.13 (python 2.7.14-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0, gcc-6.4.0, glibc-2.25-r9, 4.12.12-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.12.12-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_II_X4_955_Processor-with-gentoo-2.4.1 KiB Mem: 7923008 total, 803392 free KiB Swap: 16777212 total, 16765948 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 13:30:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: 8eb2eb4711f9d696f3cb19fef852f4063220b8d3 sh bash 4.3_p48-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.29.1 p3) 2.29.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48-r1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.3::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.14-r1::gentoo, 3.4.5-r1::gentoo, 3.5.4-r1::gentoo, 3.6.3-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.9.6::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.4.1-r2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.34.11::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r4::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r2::gentoo, 1.15.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.29.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 6.4.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r3::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.4::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.25-r9::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-extra-opts: gcpan_zathras location: /usr/local/portage masters: gentoo priority: 0 godin location: /var/lib/layman/godin masters: gentoo priority: 50 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=amdfam10 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/easy-rsa /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/maven-bin-3.3/conf /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php7.0/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php7.1/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php7.0/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php7.1/ext-active/ 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Thank you for your comprehensive report. To me it sounds like a bug in the software provided upstream or a misconfiguration in your system [3]. Does the same source work for you on another distribution? For a start, check if you got already messages from the compiler and recompile this ebuild and it dependencies. If it works on other distributions, but not on Gentoo Linux, I suggest to discuss this problem on a related mailing list, forum or IRC channel. I have had very good experience on the Gentoo IRC [1], of course there are also forums and mailing lists. [2] I will close this bug here, because I do not see a relation to the gentoo ebuild or the way Gentoo handles this special software package. Please provide more information, if I am wrong. And then please use LANG=C for logs and *attach* the logfiles, https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Attach_the_logs_to_the_bug_ticket and reopen this ticket (Status:unconfirmed). [1] https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/irc-channels/ [2] https://www.gentoo.org/support/ [3] look up the upstream forums search in their bugtracker
So you actually use lpr GtkPrintDialog, instead of CUPS?
And does such printing work in other gtk programs?
@Mart - I use the built-in print dialog and have no idea what that uses internally. At the moment, I do not have any other GTK programs to check, and since I was told to be off, I'm not sure whether I should go through the hassle of installing one just to be told that I should report the bug to upstream again.
Do you have USE=cups enabled on x11-libs/gtk+:3? equery u gtk+:3
USE=cups was not enabled on GTK+ (not sure why, since I've been using it for years exclusively). Enabling the cups USE flag on GTK+ changes the print dialog and solves the issue for me.