GTK2 apps segfault

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

For some reason, some of my gtk2 apps crash whenever I try to scroll up or down in a window. But not all of them. Afflicted ones that I've seen so far are gaim and xchat, but not gftp. Anyone know what could cause this/anyone have the same problem?
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discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

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discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

After fiddling with it for a while, I finally compiled gtk with debug, and tracked it down. Mystery solved.
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dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

What did you track down, please elaborate a bit. In another thread, a guy is having his gtk2 apps crash. My "gaim" crashes itself and takes down X along with it. Sigh..

I'd use the USE="debug" flag, but I don't know how it works and what to do thereafter :-\

Thanks ^^

EDIT: This thread specifically, https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=217784 . I'm on a 2004.2 gcc 3.4 profile, just like nagzi. Is that the reason for the crash?

dj_goku · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject:

I am also having troubles with gaim segfaulting and crashing X. I emerge -C it maybe next version, unless it isn't gaim and is something else. I couldn't find anything on bugs either, I could only find ppl that gim actually was segfaulting on startup I can start mine just fine.

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spitefulcrow · n00b Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 44

dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

Well no dice there because gaim would crash X, and thereby taking down gdb with it. I figured out how to run gdb after reading the FAQ on their website.

It stopped happening to me. I can list what things I tried but I'm not sure if that's what caused the problem. I'm at gaim 1.0.0 now this was happening with 0.82.

1. I had problems with xorg 6.8.0 and gaim. If I would use dri and gaim together it would crash. Commenting it out would make it useable though.

2. I was running nitro-sources and later on switched to love-sources.

3. There was this time when gaim would completely *LOCK* X and I would need to restart the computer, I recompiled it and things settled for that problem.

4. I thought this might have been gcc 3.4's problem but it wasn't, I was and still am using it and have no problems at all.

5. Oh and I also acquired a new video card, a Radeon 8500 (using ati-drivers), before this I had a Radeon 7000 using kernel dri + radeon drivers.

That's about all I can remember. I hope you do find a solution, and if it isn't any of the above listed ones, please post your own solution. Thanks.

NOTE: I had been using -march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe all along. CFLAGS had nothing to do with this for me.
EDIT: Oh and I remember glibc was also bumped up a version during this time so that's one more possibility.

discomfitor · l33t Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None

Whoops...didn't notice that anyone had posted here. Sorry about that.

Anyway, I realized that (among other things) newer versions of gtk+ need to be compiled with CLFAGS="" and CXXFLAGS="". Try that and see if it fixes your problem.

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Bluepixel · n00b Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 11

So what did you do to fix the problem?

I just updated my system and xorg crashes whenever I start gaim or evolution.
Do you think I should recompile gtk?