Public bug reported: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/36643
Affects: gconf-editor (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed Description: When using gconf-editor to change a key, I get the following warning on the console. If I try to use the application after that it crash. $ gconf-editor *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (out): 0x082c0540 *** The following recent thread on debian-devel [1] implies that it is caused by an application bug incorrectly using g_free instead of g_object_unref to release object. It worked previously as memory for objects was allocated using g_malloc, but with many objects switching to g_slice_alloc this does not work any longer. The workaround of running gconf-editor with G_SLICE=always-malloc works, which seems to confirm this bug. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/03/msg00941.html -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs