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Bug 88179

Summary: gaim randomly segfaults
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Howard <duckman>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gaim Bugs Crew <gaim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX    
Severity: critical CC: tiago.silva
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: backtrace of core dump

Description Howard 2005-04-06 09:31:35 UTC
Whenever I try to run gaim it will randomly segfault.  I'm really not sure if there is a specific action I'm taking that causes this.  I don't think there is.  I recompiled it with debug enabled and have attached a core dump.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run gaim
2. wait for it to crash

Actual Results:  
it segfaults

Expected Results:  
keep running

Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3,
glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar  4 2005, 07:02:38)]
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.4-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.59-r6, 2.13
sys-devel/automake:  1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r7
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.10-r4
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.8.1-r4
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env
/usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X acpi alsa apm arts berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cups
curl dvd dvdr fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gif gpm imagemagick ipv6
java jp2 jpeg junit kde lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff motif mp3 ncurses nls nptl
oggvorbis opengl oss pam perl png python qt readline samba spell sqlite ssl tcpd
tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales xinerama xml2 xpm
xrandr xv zlib"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
Comment 1 Howard 2005-04-06 09:33:04 UTC
Created attachment 55489 [details]
backtrace of core dump
Comment 2 Don Seiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-04-11 12:17:37 UTC
Just to rule out a common problem, do you use ARTS for sound?
Comment 3 Howard 2005-04-11 16:01:27 UTC
Yes, I do use ARTS for sound.  Does that make a habit of crashing random programs?
Comment 4 Don Seiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-04-12 06:48:08 UTC
libao, which is what gaim uses for sound by default, crashes with arts.  Either disable sound, or specify a Command to play sound (then it won't go through libao).  Let me know how it works then.

http://trac.xiph.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/644
Comment 5 Howard 2005-04-12 08:37:39 UTC
I'm pretty sure that's not the problem then.  Because, as far as I know, I have all sounds turned off (I can't stand that constant bing-bong with IMs).  Also, sending and receiving work just fine until gaim decides to die on me.  It really is rather random.  I've grown to believe it is a hardware problem, though.  The number of programs segfaulting has increased and lm-sensors is reporting that the voltage being supplied to my computer is well out of range (specifically the +3.3,+5, and -12 being the worst culprits).  It's not my power supply and it's not my building's electricity.  So, I'm gonna try contacting my motherboard manufacturer.  Until I get all that sorted out, It's probably not worth spending any more of your time on this problem.  I'll add another comment if I get things in working order.  I don't know if you want to change the bug status to reflect that.  Anyway, thanks for looking into it for me.
Comment 6 tiago silva 2005-04-19 14:48:48 UTC
It crash randomly too with me :(


#0  0xa7283ef4 in msn_p2p_msg () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#1  0xa72754f6 in msn_cmdproc_process_msg () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#2  0xa728753c in msn_switchboard_send_msg () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#3  0xa7275459 in msn_cmdproc_process_payload () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#4  0xa7277767 in msn_httpconn_disconnect () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#5  0x080c97c5 in gaim_gtkdialogs_remove_chat ()
#6  0xa7adc440 in g_vasprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
Comment 7 tiago silva 2005-04-19 14:50:30 UTC
It crash randomly too with me :(


#0  0xa7283ef4 in msn_p2p_msg () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#1  0xa72754f6 in msn_cmdproc_process_msg () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#2  0xa728753c in msn_switchboard_send_msg () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#3  0xa7275459 in msn_cmdproc_process_payload () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#4  0xa7277767 in msn_httpconn_disconnect () from /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
#5  0x080c97c5 in gaim_gtkdialogs_remove_chat ()
#6  0xa7adc440 in g_vasprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
Comment 8 Howard 2005-04-20 14:30:46 UTC
OK.  I still think something is wrong with my hardware, but it would appear that is not what was causing gaim to crash.  I changed the skin that GTK apps use and it is running smoothly.  Before I was using baghira (masked) through gtk-qt-engine (masked).  Now I'm just using the basic GTK theme and experiencing no problems.  I'm also seeing no problems with Azureus-bin which I think was crashing due to the same issue.
Comment 9 tiago silva 2005-04-20 23:54:23 UTC
but i'm using all the defaults and nothing more (i think)!
I any one want more informations about my harware or config files...it's just say something
Comment 10 Don Seiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-04-22 09:24:19 UTC
I'm closing this bug as CANTFIX since Howard believes it is hardware.  tiago, your bug is obviously different, please re-file a new bug with debugging output and a backtrace.