#786425 libupower-glib3: gnome fails with segfault error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.0

Package:
libupower-glib3
Source:
upower
Description:
abstraction for power management - shared library
Submitter:
Michael Kester
Date:
2022-03-14 10:45:06 UTC
Severity:
important
#786425#5
Date:
2015-05-21 14:35:44 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I ran into a problem on a laptop that was recently updated from wheezy to
jessie. The system seemed fine for some time (and multiple reboots). However,
yesterday on reboot, i got an "Oh no! Something has gone wrong."

In /var/log/messages i found:
May 20 13:24:26 x230-debian kernel: [   71.450977] gnome-settings-[3000]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fa24b5eb439 sp 00007ffc32afdc40 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.0[7fa24b5db000+22000]
May 20 13:24:26 x230-debian gnome-session[2910]: (gnome-settings-daemon:3000): libupower-glib-WARNING **: Couldn't connect to proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.UPower: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of org.freedesktop.UPower timed out
May 20 13:24:26 x230-debian gnome-session[2910]: gnome-session[2910]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' killed by signal 11
May 20 13:25:31 x230-debian gnome-session[2910]: gnome-session[2910]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' failed to register before timeout

I am able to use fluxbox until i can get gnome running again.

Thanks,
Mike

#786425#10
Date:
2016-07-21 11:02:18 UTC
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To:
I just upgraded from testing to unstable and I'm seeing this problem,
it completely prevents me from configuring power management in the
cinnamon desktop. dmesg shows segfaults:

[ 5200.121092] python2[26522]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f00cf9ca0d5 sp 00007ffce5390bb8 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.1[7f00cf9be000+25000]
[ 5327.606479] python2[26550]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fb15316a0d5 sp 00007ffcc4753238 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.0.1[7fb15315e000+25000]

Regards,

Stephen Quinney

#786425#15
Date:
2022-02-19 12:58:26 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I get the reported error with version 0.99.14-2 and 0.99.15-1. After downgrading to 0.99.13-1 (I downgraded libupower-glib3,
gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 and upower at the same time; did not try with libupower-glib3 alone) the error disappears.
gnome session is repeatedly ended with an error message saying that an unknwon error occurred. syslog (attached) shows a
segfault for libupower-glib.so.3.1.0 besides other errors with upower.

#786425#20
Date:
2022-02-19 13:17:38 UTC
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#786425#25
Date:
2022-02-25 13:34:20 UTC
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#786425#30
Date:
2022-03-14 10:41:34 UTC
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To:
The bug still exists with current version 0.99.17-1.

dmesg output:
[ 6857.488767] gsd-power[12016]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f746747f7b0 sp 00007ffe21a3af40 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.1.0[7f746747d000+12000]
[ 6857.488786] Code: 8b 3c 24 ba 13 00 00 00 89 c6 e8 2b ea ff ff 85 c0 75 b7 48 8b 04 24 48 8d 15 d4 fc 00 00 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 3d 96 fb 00 00 <48> 8b 48 08 31 c0 e8 d5 e5 ff ff eb 93 e8 be dd ff ff 66 66 2e 0f
[ 6907.682565] gsd-power[12411]: segfault at 8 ip 00007fc23cf417b0 sp 00007ffd2c36b7c0 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.1.0[7fc23cf3f000+12000]
[ 6907.682601] Code: 8b 3c 24 ba 13 00 00 00 89 c6 e8 2b ea ff ff 85 c0 75 b7 48 8b 04 24 48 8d 15 d4 fc 00 00 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 3d 96 fb 00 00 <48> 8b 48 08 31 c0 e8 d5 e5 ff ff eb 93 e8 be dd ff ff 66 66 2e 0f
[ 6913.143856] rfkill: input handler enabled
[ 6915.106168] rfkill: input handler disabled
[ 6918.549666] rfkill: input handler enabled
[ 6964.635719] gsd-power[12652]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f406b72a7b0 sp 00007ffc9aab33a0 error 4 in libupower-glib.so.3.1.0 (deleted)[7f406b728000+12000]
[ 6964.637722] Code: 8b 3c 24 ba 13 00 00 00 89 c6 e8 2b ea ff ff 85 c0 75 b7 48 8b 04 24 48 8d 15 d4 fc 00 00 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 3d 96 fb 00 00 <48> 8b 48 08 31 c0 e8 d5 e5 ff ff eb 93 e8 be dd ff ff 66 66 2e 0f

Regards,
Hein