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unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_power_manager_stop()

Bug #1567116 reported by Alvin Cura
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

seen after an apt-get dist-update

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity-settings-daemon 15.04.1+16.04.20160209-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-17.33-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-79-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 5 18:16:20 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/unity-settings-daemon
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-25 (1259 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.1)
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/unity-settings-daemon
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/false
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f8b4e0efd01 <gsd_power_manager_stop+561>: mov 0x8(%r13),%ecx
 PC (0x7f8b4e0efd01) ok
 source "0x8(%r13)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%ecx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: unity-settings-daemon
StacktraceTop:
 gsd_power_manager_stop () from /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon-1.0/libpower.so
 gnome_settings_plugin_info_deactivate ()
 ?? ()
 g_slist_foreach () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 gnome_settings_manager_stop ()
Title: unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_power_manager_stop()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-29 (36 days ago)
UserGroups:

Related branches

lp://staging/~seb128/unity-settings-daemon/unload-power-segfaults
Marco Trevisan (Treviño): Approve
Unity Settings Daemon Development Team: Pending requested
Diff: 20 lines (+6/-4)
1 file modified
plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c (+6/-4)
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Alvin Cura (alvinc) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1556284, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

information type: Private → Public
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

e.u.c report on https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/780a61ca27df0b01baabb1fcdc6069830b9c0a21

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity-settings-daemon - 15.04.1+16.10.20160613-0ubuntu1

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unity-settings-daemon (15.04.1+16.10.20160613-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * PowerManager: connect to keyboard BrightnessChanged signal to update
    the cached current value properly (LP: #1510344)
  * GsdPowerManager: don't cache kbd backlight current value (LP:
    #1583861)
  * common: backport g-s-d commits for having single shared dbus proxies
  * ScreensaverProxy: redirect supported calls to gnome screensaver APIs
    (LP: #1415265, #1584161)

  [ Robert Ancell ]
  * Correctly check value of XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP.
  * Remove code for disabling plugin under GNOME Shell - they don't use
    u-s-d.
  * Drop print notifications - not used under Unity.

  [ Sebastien Bacher ]
  * power: '0' keyboard backlight is a valid value (LP: #1510344)
  * Don't hit an xerror when a device is removed while being configured
    (LP: #1503758)
  * wacom: don't segfault when a device is removed while being
    configured. (LP: #1439427)
  * power: fix crasher when the plugin is unloaded (LP: #1567116)
  * power: Add sound notification on power plug/unplug

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@3v1n0.net> Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:31:26 +0000

Changed in unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Ken Haase (kh) wrote :

I can't quite tell from the report page on launchpad, but is this fix available in Trusty? Are there plans to make it available?

Thanks!

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Alvin Cura (alvinc) wrote : Re: [Bug 1567116] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_power_manager_stop()

Perhaps you might find it in backports. Not sure what has been decided
with it, if it goes to updates or backports.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Ken Haase <email address hidden> wrote:

> I can't quite tell from the report page on launchpad, but is this fix
> available in Trusty? Are there plans to make it available?
>
> Thanks!
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