so the root cause of the media-hub issues is thot to be that notifications is a client of media hub (so lots of create/destroy) which in turn leaves dead objs on dbus which results in the mutex lock signature seen in comment #4. There is a fix for this, branches linked. It is currently attempting to land in rtm silo 13
** Branch linked: lp:~thomas-voss/dbus-cpp/robustify-against-dead- objects-hanging-around ** Branch linked: lp:~thomas-voss/dbus-cpp/fix-1361642 ** Branch linked: lp:~thomas-voss/media-hub/fix-1382595 ** Also affects: dbus-cpp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: dbus-cpp (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Opinion ** Changed in: dbus-cpp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: dbus-cpp (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Thomas Voß (thomas-voss) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to dbus-cpp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386803 Title: unity8 crashing a lot since image #126 Status in “dbus-cpp” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “unity8” package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: Since RTM image #126 was released on friday, most users have been reporting frequent unity8 crashes. Some scenarios where this commonly happen appear to be: - Unlocking SIM cards for the first time - Tapping on snap notifications when receiving an SMS A lot of crashes are also observed during automated image testing. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu RTM 14.09 Package: unity8 8.00+14.10.20141017-0ubuntu1 [origin: unknown] Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: armhf Date: Tue Oct 28 17:20:40 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - armhf (20141028-030205) SourcePackage: unity8 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus-cpp/+bug/1386803/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp