powertop crashes with Segmentation fault

Bug #875730 reported by Eyad Salah
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
powertop (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Whenever I try running the command 'sudo powertop' I get a Segmentation fault error. I tried dpkg-reconfigure or reinstalling but to no avail

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: powertop 1.97-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 6a005c47a693737f8a587c2893ed61f5
CheckboxSystem: b633b4f40868d491c2ae5b50030ce6f3
Date: Sun Oct 16 16:54:42 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: powertop
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-27 (19 days ago)

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Eyad Salah (eyad-salah) wrote :
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Eyad Salah (eyad-salah) wrote :

These are the valgrind logs

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in powertop (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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