Installed the dbgsyms. Does not seem to be simply reproducible, though. It does not crash. Will continue trying.
Tried valgrind on it, and selecting Preferences causes this: ==5075== Address 0x560C595 is 13,605 bytes inside a block of size 16,384 alloc'd ==5075== at 0x4021AA4: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:279) ==5075== by 0x4E7F326: XOpenDisplay (in /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==5075== by 0x49C10E1: gdk_display_open (in /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x499E82E: gdk_display_open_default_libgtk_only (in /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x4757194: (within /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x4BAB8B0: g_option_context_parse (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.1) ==5075== by 0x4A6F4D4: gnome_program_parse_args (in /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0.2000.0) ==5075== by 0x4A7081C: (within /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0.2000.0) ==5075== by 0x4A70B50: gnome_program_init (in /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0.2000.0) ==5075== by 0x804BEFC: main (main-application.c:255) ==5075== Warning: invalid file descriptor 2345678 in syscall write() ==5075== ==5075== Syscall param write(buf) points to uninitialised byte(s) ==5075== at 0x40007F2: (within /lib/ld-2.6.1.so) ==5075== by 0x4E9967E: _X11TransWrite (in /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==5075== by 0x4E914D6: (within /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==5075== by 0x4E70890: XFlush (in /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==5075== by 0x49C070D: gdk_display_flush (in /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x49B876B: gdk_window_process_all_updates (in /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x46BED8E: (within /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x499E5E7: (within /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x4B9C550: (within /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.1) ==5075== by 0x4B9E11B: g_main_context_dispatch (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.1) ==5075== by 0x4BA155E: (within /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.1) ==5075== by 0x4BA1908: g_main_loop_run (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.1) ==5075== Address 0x5609231 is 449 bytes inside a block of size 16,384 alloc'd ==5075== at 0x4021AA4: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:279) ==5075== by 0x4E7F326: XOpenDisplay (in /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==5075== by 0x49C10E1: gdk_display_open (in /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x499E82E: gdk_display_open_default_libgtk_only (in /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x4757194: (within /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.0) ==5075== by 0x4BAB8B0: g_option_context_parse (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.1) ==5075== by 0x4A6F4D4: gnome_program_parse_args (in /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0.2000.0) ==5075== by 0x4A7081C: (within /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0.2000.0) ==5075== by 0x4A70B50: gnome_program_init (in /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0.2000.0) ==5075== by 0x804BEFC: main (main-application.c:255) ==5075== Warning: invalid file descriptor 2345678 in syscall write() ==5075== Warning: invalid file descriptor 2345678 in syscall write() same case from strace: write(2345678, "\16\0\0\0", 4) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) All in all, there is lot of output, but almost nothing fits the problem. -- Gnumeric crashes on selecting Format/Preferences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152587 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs