#953050 /usr/bin/xfdesktop: XFdesktop crashes when install libreoffice6.4-debian-menus (6.4.1-2)

Package:
xfdesktop4
Source:
xfdesktop4
Description:
Xfce desktop background, icons and root menu manager
Submitter:
alain
Date:
2026-08-14 07:45:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#953050#5
Date:
2020-03-03 20:08:42 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

When I installed Libreoffice 6.4.1 from upstream, on the dpkg -i
libreoffice6.4-debian-menus (6.4.1-2), XFdesktop and xfce4-panel
crashed.

Mar  3 21:01:09 XXXXX kernel: [112575.427569] xfce4-panel[1100]: segfault at 17 ip 00007fd4cc74965c sp 00007ffd81f98030 error 4 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.5800.3[7fd4cc71f000+32000]
Mar  3 21:01:09 XXXXX kernel: [112575.427605] Code: 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 41 54 55 53 48 89 fb 48 85 ff 0f 84 a4 00 00 00 48 8b 07 48 85 c0 0f 84 a4 00 00 00 <48> 8b 28 48 89 ea 48 81 fd fc 03 00 00 0f 86 f1 00 00 00 48 83 e2
Mar  3 21:01:09 XXXXX kernel: [112575.451071] xfdesktop[1104]: segfault at 19 ip 00007f899fada9ea sp 00007ffcdfc3f210 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.5800.3[7f899fa8a000+7e000]
Mar  3 21:01:09 XXXXX kernel: [112575.451105] Code: 8d 48 ff 48 89 c3 49 89 ce 49 c1 e6 04 4c 01 f5 48 8b 45 00 48 85 c0 0f 84 c3 00 00 00 48 8b 58 08 48 85 db 0f 84 fe 01 00 00 <48> 8b 13 48 89 50 08 48 8b 45 08 48 85 c0 74 08 48 83 e8 01 48 89

Regards.

#953050#10
Date:
2020-11-09 21:13:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer,

I added google-chrome-stable repository to apt and sometimes, when using
'apt upgrade' to upgrade to a new release, xfdesktop4 segfaults.

On this ocassion, also segfaults xfce4-panel:

Nov  9 17:50:58 localhost kernel: [35519.783791] xfdesktop[1573]:
segfault at 1a ip 00007f2e58b2865c sp 00007ffdae66e8a0 error 4 in
libgobject-2.0.so.0.5800.3[7f2e58afe000+32000]
Nov  9 17:50:58 localhost kernel: [35519.783801] Code: 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84
00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 41 54 55 53 48 89 fb 48 85 ff 0f 84 a4 00 00 00
48 8b 07 48 85 c0 0f 84 a4 00 00 00 <48> 8b 28 48 89 ea 48 81 fd fc 03
00 00 0f 86 f1 00 00 00 48 83 e2
Nov  9 17:50:58 localhost kernel: [35519.898778] xfce4-panel[1567]:
segfault at 1a ip 00007f25fe06c41e sp 00007ffd723a40c0 error 4 in
libgarcon-1.so.0.0.0[7f25fe069000+10000]
Nov  9 17:50:58 localhost kernel: [35519.898785] Code: d4 00 00 48 8d 35
a2 d4 00 00 5b 48 8d 3d 20 cc 00 00 e9 35 d1 ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 48
85 ff 74 3a 48 89 fb e8 22 d6 ff ff <48> 8b 13 48 85 d2 74 05 48 39 02
74 0f 48 89 c6 48 89 df e8 1a d9


Regards,
Andres Bertens

#953050#15
Date:
2021-03-18 11:27:45 UTC
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To:
gregor-devhost:~# apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-compiler-gcc-8-x86 linux-kbuild-5.10 linux-libc-dev microsoft-edge-dev
4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 96.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 4,891 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
...
saw a screen glitch near end of dist-upgrade

# dmesg | tail
...
[65139.329492] Code: 8d 48 ff 48 89 c3 49 89 ce 49 c1 e6 04 4c 01 f5
48 8b 45 00 48 85 c0 0f 84 c3 00 00 00 48 8b 58 08 48 85 db 0f 84 fe
01 00 00 <48> 8b 13 48 89 50 08 48 8b 45 08 48 85 c0 74 08 48 83 e8 01
48 89
[65139.343648] xfdesktop[1589]: segfault at c ip 00007fdba8e169ea sp
00007fff590f4410 error 4 in
libglib-2.0.so.0.5800.3[7fdba8dc6000+7e000]
[65139.343662] Code: 8d 48 ff 48 89 c3 49 89 ce 49 c1 e6 04 4c 01 f5
48 8b 45 00 48 85 c0 0f 84 c3 00 00 00 48 8b 58 08 48 85 db 0f 84 fe
01 00 00 <48> 8b 13 48 89 50 08 48 8b 45 08 48 85 c0 74 08 48 83 e8 01
48 89

#953050#20
Date:
2026-08-14 07:44:16 UTC
From:
To:
This bug was obsolete and is not reporducible.