On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Norman L. Smith <nls1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jasper: > > "fuller backtrace?" > > It's been thirty years since I made any money with a debugger so bear > with my question. > > Do you want a bt of the stack after the seg fault?
Yes. If you can install debug info packages as well, that would be even better. > Norman > > > > On Fri, 2012-08-31 at 17:27 -0300, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Norman L. Smith <nls1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Jasper: >> > >> > As I understand the only thing that is crashing is >> > gnome-shell-extension-prefs as described in Amy's first post. The >> > crashes on OpenSuse are not random they occur any time an extension's >> > pref's widget is loaded. >> > >> > I checked the backtrace I got on a fresh install of OpenSuse 12.2 rc2. >> > I did not save a copy which I should have. I can't say the backtraces >> > were exactly the same but for sure they both core dumped in the same >> > function: >> > >> > g_base_info_get_namespace () from /usr/lib64/libgirepository-1.0.so.1 >> > >> > I am responsible for some the confusion. >> > >> > I thought I had a system with Fedora 17 GS 3.4.2 and it was working >> > fine. I was in error it had 3.4.1. >> > >> > I downloaded 3.4.2 from the gnome repository and installed it on a >> > Fedora 17 system. GS 3.4.2 works with no problems on that system. >> > >> > I think Craig's problem is OpenSuse 12.2 rc2. >> > >> > My test setup for OpenSuse 12.2 rc2 is hosed right now. It's on junk >> > hardware. I will put a new (old) disk in it and reload OpenSuse 12.2 >> > rc2 and verify exactly that the backtraces match or do not match. >> > >> > I don't know what distro Amy's user was using. She loaded Arch Linux >> > for testing. To be sure if the problems are identical we actually need >> > a backtrace from her user's machine. >> >> She gave me one. It matches up. Do we have a fuller backtrace? It might be: >> >> http://git.gnome.org/browse/gjs/commit/?id=123b631e40b8e60475e41d32263a3e99207dcfde >> >> > Regards, >> > >> > Norman >> > >> > On Fri, 2012-08-31 at 12:49 -0400, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: >> >> With all this talk of random things crashing, have we actually checked >> >> backtraces to see if they're the same? There could be multiple bugs >> >> that we're confusing. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Norman L. Smith <nls1...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hello: >> >> > >> >> > I downloaded the tar ball for 3.4.2 and re-installed it onto the Suse >> >> > rc2 install. It core dumps as before. I think it is the distro's >> >> > problem. It was a lot of trouble to figure out all the development >> >> > packages needed on Suse. I have not used Suse in years. I have a >> >> > Fedora 17 system that I will try to bring up to 3.4.2 and see what >> >> > happens. It all depends on the dependencies. >> >> > >> >> > Norman >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 11:15 -0700, Craig Rob wrote: >> >> >> Yesterday I re-downloaded openSuse 12.2 and the newest rc2 build has >> >> >> 3.4.2 installed by default. The prefs panel is still crashing, so I >> >> >> agree it is probably a distro problem. I can't currently downgrade to >> >> >> 3.4.1. The only way I see to move forward is opening a bug for suse, >> >> >> so I am attempting to learn the ins and outs of filing bugs and >> >> >> mailing lists. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> From: Amy <mathematical.cof...@gmail.com> >> >> >> To: nls1...@gmail.com >> >> >> Cc: gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> >> >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:56 AM >> >> >> Subject: Re: Problem with gnome-shell-extension-prefs on GNOME 3.4.2 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Norman, >> >> >> >> >> >> I installed Arch Linux with GNOME shell 3.4.2 on a VM, and cannot >> >> >> reproduce the problem. >> >> >> >> >> >> However I have only just got everything up and running on Arch and the >> >> >> graphics are still eye-bleedingly bad, so perhaps as I install more >> >> >> packages something will break. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 30 August 2012 05:05, Norman L. Smith <nls1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > Amy: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Please disregard my two prior posts. For some unknown reason I >> >> >> thought >> >> >> > I was running 3.4.2. I am not. I am on 3.4.1 on Fedora 17. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > The problem is not distro. It is apparently 3.4.2 which I am sure >> >> >> you >> >> >> > already know. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Norman >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> gnome-shell-list mailing list >> >> >> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> >> >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > gnome-shell-list mailing list >> >> > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> > > -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
