emelfm2 and gtk+ 2.6 issues [SOLVED]

[Sadako]

Since updating gtk to 2.6, emelfm2 crashes EVERY TIME I apply a change in the config dialog. Also, about 7 or 8 times out of 10 whenever I create a new directory it also crashes, but this is strangely erratic. Has anyone else experienced these problems? Couldn't find anything in the forums or bugs.

Further info;
After starting emelfm2 from a terminal with "emelfm2 -d 5 -l -n" for debug info, these are the last few lines for each crash;

Config gui crash;

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[DEBUG ] focus_check_cb2 (widget:,rt:pane 1)
[DEBUG ] write config file2: /home/hopeless/.emelfm2/config
Segmentation fault

Mkdir crash;

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[NOTICE] changed_cb
[DEBUG ] start load dir list
[DEBUG ] finish load dir list
[DEBUG ] focus_check_cb2 (widget:,rt:pane 2)
Segmentation fault

With the config crash, the changes are visible after clicking apply, and it only crashes on clicking ok (no prob after clicking cancel). Also, after the seg fault, the config file is completely empty (but does exist), and is recreated from defaults after the app starts and exits normally.

As for the mkdir crash, the directory is ALLWAYS created, regardless of wether it crashes or not.

I know the app is just a gtk2 port of emelfm, and is still very much a work in progress, but I never had any problems with it with gtk+ 2.4.

(Tried it with both 2.6.2 and 2.6.4-r1)

Anyone have any suggestions?
Should I maybe report it on bugs.gentoo?

Oh, and to anyone who's read through the whole post, sorry if it's a little long winded.

[MagnusBerg]

I just can tell you that EmelFM2 and Gtk+ 2.6 works for me.
Try to remove the configfile and start again. Thats my number one tip for all segmentation fault error.

[Sadako]

So it's my system, not a bug.

Removing the config does nothing.

I don't suppose you could post your emerge --info, to see why it works for you and not me?

[MagnusBerg]

Here it is

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root:/home/magnus> emerge --info
Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb  9 2005, 02:11:00)]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.4-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.59-r6, 2.13
sys-devel/automake:  1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.10-r4
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.8.1-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Gentoo http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo"
LANG="sv_SE"
LC_ALL="sv_SE"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow X aalib acpi alsa apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cscope cups curl dga divx4linux dvd dvdread emboss encode esd fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg lcms libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg nas ncurses nls nvidia oggvorbis opengl openglother_var1 oss other_var2 pam pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline scanner sdl slang slp spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb v4l v4l2 videos wmf xml xml2 xmms xv zlib linguas_sv"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[aveightor]

I was having the same problem with emelfm2 in Archlinux.
I know emelfm2 worked fine in Gentoo, so I booted Gentoo and
same problem. After changing some configs, click apply and then OK
emelfm2 crashed with no error message. Found a post on a Archlinux
maillist that fixes this problem. Bring up emelfm2, click on config, click on panes
click on scrollbar position, select one ...anyone... if you notice its blank, click apply and OK.
Thats it

[newbie_100]

I was having the same problem with emelfm2 in Archlinux.
I know emelfm2 worked fine in Gentoo, so I booted Gentoo and
same problem. After changing some configs, click apply and then OK
emelfm2 crashed with no error message. Found a post on a Archlinux
maillist that fixes this problem. Bring up emelfm2, click on config, click on panes
click on scrollbar position, select one ...anyone... if you notice its blank, click apply and OK.
Thats it

thanks =]
that solevd the problem for me

[Sadako]

aveightor: Thank you! This was driving me nuts.

I tried using gdb to find what was causing the problem, and found it was an issue with vfprinf.c in libc, so I did an "emerge -pve system" to re-compile my toolchain, to no effect. THAT was a well spent 24 hours.

Also tried the latest pre-release versions of emelfm2, which worked fine, but I don't particularly like the changes.

Anyway, this fixed it for me, so I'm marking the post as solved.

Thanks again.

[aveightor]

Great!!!! was driving me nuts too, glad I could help