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From: P Levine <plevine457@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] segfault in gedit / glib
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:50:10
Message-Id: CADX8ZB+c1Mf6VigbSoaGSTdBZxjL7sYiBSv73UMyVzFu0aNoFw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] segfault in gedit / glib by Adam Carter
1 On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 3:07 AM, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:
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5 > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 4:59 PM, P Levine <plevine457@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >
7 >> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
8 >> wrote:
9 >>
10 >>> System is ~amd64. If i try to open a text file in gnome via double
11 >>> click, i get;
12 >>> $ journalctl -b | grep segf
13 >>> Dec 29 12:17:32 phat kernel: gedit[1177]: segfault at 7f7c0d36e880 ip
14 >>> 00007f7c2550ba74 sp 00007fff66834850 error 4 in
15 >>> libglib-2.0.so.0.5200.3[7f7c254c0000+114000]
16 >>>
17 >>> The following work;
18 >>> Open gedit first, then open the file
19 >>> Use right click -> Open With Other Application and chose LibreOffice
20 >>> writer.
21 >>>
22 >>> I've rebuild glib and gedit. Are there any clues on the issue in this
23 >>> trace?
24 >>>
25 >>> $ strace gedit <filename>
26 >>> <snip>
27 >>>
28 >>
29 >> Try opening the file via gedit in a user shell and see if segfaults and
30 >> if there is any other output.
31 >>
32 >
33 > The "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" from above is the only non-strace
34 > output (or have I misunderstood your instruction?)
35 >
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37 The segfault message would exist in the dmesg/journalctl. Please open a
38 user shell in Gnome and type "gedit <file>",​ substituting a text file for
39 <file>. Press enter. Does this segfault and if so is there anything else
40 printed?
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Re: [gentoo-user] segfault in gedit / glib Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>