Hi,
Got this annoying issue. If I do any kind of updates on this Kubuntu 7.04 box, using Adept Manager, and then start firefox, it crashes with a segfault. The dump isn't very informative, the only reference seems to be something to do with a syscall AFAIR. I put a bugreport on launchpad ages ago about it but it has been closed [in part due to my stupidness]. Essentially the advice was "reboot computer after an update". This seems silly and very Windows-y.
Firefox segfaults even on updates that would have nothing to do with any component firefox uses or depends on. Firefox crashes invariably after any adept update. Have not tried using plain apt-get on command line.
This machine ran memtest for 15 hours, no problems.
CPU model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz RAM: 2GB
lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller 00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Security Device 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge 00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller 00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge 00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1) 04:05.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11) 04:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)
Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 12 05:41:34 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
-Srdjan
2008/5/23 Srdjan Todorovic todorovic.s@googlemail.com:
Hi,
Got this annoying issue. If I do any kind of updates on this Kubuntu 7.04 box, using Adept Manager, and then start firefox, it crashes with a segfault. The dump isn't very informative, the only reference seems to be something to do with a syscall AFAIR. I put a bugreport on launchpad ages ago about it but it has been closed [in part due to my stupidness]. Essentially the advice was "reboot computer after an update". This seems silly and very Windows-y.
Firefox segfaults even on updates that would have nothing to do with any component firefox uses or depends on. Firefox crashes invariably after any adept update. Have not tried using plain apt-get on command line.
This machine ran memtest for 15 hours, no problems.
CPU model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz RAM: 2GB
lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller 00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Security Device 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge 00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller 00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge 00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1) 04:05.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11) 04:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)
Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 12 05:41:34 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
-Srdjan
I have seen a number of similar things with kubuntu on another site. Thing is they sort ubuntu with gnome rather better than kubuntu. KDE is nice and fancy but with grief. opensuse support KDE rather better than they do gnome - i tried suse gnome with loads of problems.
Try ubuntu... my bet is it'll be fine! Also 7.04 wasn't too good for kubuntu i seem to remember later version was better.
james
Hi,
On Fri, 23 May 2008, James Freer wrote:
I have seen a number of similar things with kubuntu on another site. Thing is they sort ubuntu with gnome rather better than kubuntu. KDE
This is probably true. Can you prove it though?
is nice and fancy but with grief. opensuse support KDE rather better
Err, no. KDE itself is not a grief. Did you mean KDE on ubuntu (ie. KDE with Kubuntu)?
than they do gnome - i tried suse gnome with loads of problems.
Try ubuntu... my bet is it'll be fine! Also 7.04 wasn't too good for
The only way I would try ubuntu is if I then installed KDE and all the KDE bits, and forcefully removed Gnome.
kubuntu i seem to remember later version was better.
Don't have time right now to do upgrade and deal with any potential related problems. A full update is certainly going to be desirable.
I'm still not convinced this is a KDE related issue. I don't have a gnome based distro on there to run tests. I think next time I see the update icon I will try updating with apt-get and see if that will trigger the problem.
Is there any way of forcing apt to see an update and to carry out the update, even though there has not been an oficial update? Do I create a repository on some box at work and add that to my sources list and update that way? (this is just to provide me ability to test this on demand, without having to wait a few days between updates)
-Srdjan
2008/5/24 Srdjan Todorovic todorovic.s@googlemail.com:
Hi,
On Fri, 23 May 2008, James Freer wrote:
I have seen a number of similar things with kubuntu on another site. Thing is they sort ubuntu with gnome rather better than kubuntu. KDE
This is probably true. Can you prove it though?
I'm no expert my comment was based on a] the number of posts on ubuntu forums regarding kubuntu. Seem to be less problems with ubuntu run with KDE desktop. b] ubuntu supports gnome rather than KDE it seems - that is a majority view from what i've read on lists [some won't agree a lot don't like the gnome interface - i don't care so much about looks and dislike glitches/bugs].
is nice and fancy but with grief. opensuse support KDE rather better
Err, no. KDE itself is not a grief. Did you mean KDE on ubuntu (ie. KDE with Kubuntu)?
as notes a] and b] above if i wanted to run KDE - i would install ubuntu and then KDE desktop. If one just has the odd KDE app just install and dependencies follow.
Don't have time right now to do upgrade and deal with any potential related problems. A full update is certainly going to be desirable.
I'm still not convinced this is a KDE related issue. I don't have a gnome based distro on there to run tests. I think next time I see the update icon I will try updating with apt-get and see if that will trigger the problem.
Is there any way of forcing apt to see an update and to carry out the update, even though there has not been an oficial update? Do I create a repository on some box at work and add that to my sources list and update that way? (this is just to provide me ability to test this on demand, without having to wait a few days between updates)
All updates i follow the recommended System~>Administration~>Update manager The update database for apt-get, synaptic and aptitude are separate. Update with just apt-get update only does that database - the irritating update icon is from Update Manager (and continues to display until update manager is used, although could be disabled). Kubuntu has had quite a few problems i seem to recall with Adept. If i was using kubuntu i'd install synaptic (a different world to suse's Yast).
james
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James Freer -
Srdjan Todorovic