[ Oneiric i386 b1 ] gtk-logout-helper crashed with signal 5 in __libc_start_main()

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On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 07:16 +0000, dino99 wrote:
> + After a 2 steps shutdown: first, logout, then shutdown, i find this
> + crash at next cold boot time, all latest updates done.

So to be clear, the machine shuts down, you just get the crash dialog
when you log in the next time?

I just experienced this bug with a fully up-to-date Oneiric. Marking as confirmed.

@Ted
yes for #6 above

to reproduce:
- logout
- shutdown

and find the crash on next boot. I get it when i'm logged as gnome-classic (not tested with Ubuntu/Unity as i dont use them)

Please look at the same similar crash produced with dbgsym to get more info:

bug #839371 : crash with dbgsym & valgrind

Using dbgsym have changed the title bug report, but its the same crash.

I can confirm, after restarting and starting a session.

I'm having this bug too, but I'm running a 64 bits Ubuntu 11.10 b1.

same as tfmoraes, and mine crash when rebooting too, not only when logout+halt

I haven't been able to successfully load the unity desktop since this crash. All I get is the desktop with the file menu in the top left corner. I am not able to view or access any indicators or the unity bar. I have logged off, rebooted, and manually shutdown without successfully fixing the problem. I logged on as a guest user and unity started up successfully.

I just got this when I logged in. I have 11.10 32-bit and I run updates all of the time.

Same on 64 bit.

Although the original report for this bug only mentions 32-bit, this bug also affects 64-bit install as is mentioned in post #15.

Ditto 64 bit here

2 comments:

1) I seem to have experienced this bug after installing gnome3 desktop, it did not occur before

2) i have been unable to shutdown from the desktop or the login screen, either sudo poweroff or the big red switch is needed.

Further to comment 18, when the shutdown option is selected from the "power cog" (shutdown -> shutdown), it instead logs me out and the shutdown option at the lightdm screen does nothing. What i have to do as a quick workaround is to use sudo halt, after logging into tty1 - but pc refuses to poweroff of its own accord anymore.

IMHO the gtk-logout-helper crash must not be mixed up with the other symptom described in comment 18 and 19. I've also experienced failing to shutdown, and think it is probably already documented in Bug #838792 and Bug #660120.

(N.B: I have the feeling that neither indicator-session nor gnome-session are responsible for the bug, and there is a different common root cause.)