Public bug reported: After my upgrade to 12.04 I have noticed that conky 1.8.1-6 will seg fault when started. Oddly enough, if you simply wait "long enough" (maybe 5 or 10 minutes after logging in) then it starts just fine. The problem is easily reproducible on my systems (2 64-bit systems that have both recently been upgraded to Precise). All I did was:
1. Upgrade existing system (with conky package) to 12.04 2. login to gnome (I'm using gnome shell but I believe it also happens in Unity) 3. hit ALT+F2 and attempt to launch conky I had it core dump and this is the backtrace that I got from gdb. I didn't attach it due to the size of the file (27MB), and the fact that it is easily reproducible: (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f3d32579cb1 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f3d32579856 in strndup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #2 0x000000000043587f in ?? () #3 0x000000000042f789 in ?? () #4 0x000000000043dd20 in ?? () #5 0x000000000042b0e3 in ?? () #6 0x000000000042f5af in ?? () #7 0x0000000000434fbc in ?? () #8 0x0000000000408b63 in ?? () #9 0x00007f3d3251276d in __libc_start_main () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #10 0x0000000000408b99 in ?? () #11 0x00007fffcd2be5a8 in ?? () #12 0x000000000000001c in ?? () #13 0x0000000000000001 in ?? () #14 0x00007fffcd2bf48f in ?? () #15 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () I'm not sure if the problem occurs with a fresh install of Precise. It may be the case that a fresh install followed by apt-get install conky will work fine. Both of my systems were upgrades (clean 11.04 install, then upgrade to 11.10 followed by 12.04). Again, if you simply wait for a while (not sure how long) then conky starts up without issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: conky 1.8.1-6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 23 18:45:55 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: conky UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (24 days ago) ** Affects: conky (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003727 Title: conky seg faults if launched shortly after reboot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/conky/+bug/1003727/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs