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gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() from st_label_set_text() from object_set_property() from g_object_setv() from g_object_set_property()

Bug #1722986 reported by dino99
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/1c95cc2653ab00054b5d1764e41d974328a5f49d

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Was upgrading apport 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 when that crash have happened (at "configuring apport-gtk")

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-15.16-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Oct 12 05:24:44 2017
DisplayManager: lightdm
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f4c8be26e0d <g_type_check_instance_cast+77>: movzbl 0x16(%rax),%edx
 PC (0x7f4c8be26e0d) ok
 source "0x16(%rax)" (0xe58948c0ef0f666a) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 st_label_set_text () from /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so
 g_object_setv () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_object_set_property () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgjs.so.0
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast (type_instance=0x5629f13e8d50, iface_type=94738099772112) at ../../../../gobject/gtype.c:4058
 st_label_set_text (label=0x5629f13e86e0, text=0x5629f89391f0 "08:22") at ../src/st/st-label.c:331
 object_set_property (nqueue=0x5629f1111240, value=<optimized out>, pspec=0x5629ef8ae110, object=0x5629f13e86e0) at ../../../../gobject/gobject.c:1439
 g_object_setv (object=0x5629f13e86e0, n_properties=<optimized out>, names=<optimized out>, values=<optimized out>) at ../../../../gobject/gobject.c:2245
 g_object_set_property (object=<optimized out>, property_name=<optimized out>, value=value@entry=0x7ffdd6bb7348) at ../../../../gobject/gobject.c:2529

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Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

Almost a duplicate of bug 1714989?

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :
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@Daniel

the title seems similar, but the StackTraceTop details are way different at first glance; so it could related to a lib rather than gnome-shell itself.

 journalctl |grep WARNING
Oct 12 06:28:27 zz64 gnome-shell[1075]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js 315]: reference to undefined property "MetaStage"
Oct 12 06:28:27 zz64 gnome-shell[1075]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 221]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowGroup"
Oct 12 06:28:27 zz64 gnome-shell[1075]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdMonitorLabeler.js 59]: reference to undefined property "MetaDBusDisplayConfigSkeleton"
Oct 12 06:28:28 zz64 gnome-shell[1075]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/slider.js 38]: reference to undefined property "CallyActor"
Oct 12 06:28:30 zz64 gnome-session[1066]: gnome-session-binary[1066]: WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1
Oct 12 06:28:30 zz64 gnome-session-binary[1066]: WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1
Oct 12 06:28:32 zz64 gnome-shell[1075]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js 540]: reference to undefined property "isSpecialProperty"
Oct 12 06:28:32 zz64 gnome-shell[1075]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/windowManager.js 1471]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowX11"
Oct 12 06:29:09 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js 315]: reference to undefined property "MetaStage"
Oct 12 06:29:09 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 221]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowGroup"
Oct 12 06:29:09 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdMonitorLabeler.js 59]: reference to undefined property "MetaDBusDisplayConfigSkeleton"
Oct 12 06:29:09 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/slider.js 38]: reference to undefined property "CallyActor"
Oct 12 06:29:12 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js 540]: reference to undefined property "isSpecialProperty"
Oct 12 06:29:12 zz64 gnome-session[1328]: gnome-session-binary[1328]: WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1
Oct 12 06:29:12 zz64 gnome-session-binary[1328]: WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1
Oct 12 06:29:12 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [/home/oem/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/TaskBar@zpydr/extension.js 941]: reference to undefined property "MESSAGE_TRAY"
Oct 12 06:29:13 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [/home<email address hidden>/extension.js 462]: JavaScript 1.6's for-each-in loops are deprecated; consider using ES6 for-of instead
Oct 12 06:29:14 zz64 gnome-shell[1416]: JS WARNING: [/<email address hidden>/utils.js 34]: reference to undefined property Symbol.toPrimitive
Oct 12 06:29:36 zz64 zeitgeist-daemon[1861]: [04:29:36.458471 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.vala:127: Unable to parse version info!
Oct 12 06:29:36 zz64 zeitgeist-daemon[1861]: [04:29:36.459351 WARNING] zeitge...

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
+ gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() from
+ st_label_set_text()
summary: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() from
- st_label_set_text()
+ st_label_set_text() from object_set_property() from g_object_setv() from
+ g_object_set_property()
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

This bug is also being tracked in:
https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/1c95cc2653ab00054b5d1764e41d974328a5f49d

description: updated
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