Bug 1386212

Summary: [abrt] gnome-shell: meta_group_new(): gnome-shell killed by signal 6
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt>
Component: gnome-shellAssignee: Owen Taylor <otaylor>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 25CC: avv.marengoni, fmuellner, nfink95, otaylor, tom
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Hardware: x86_64   
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URL: https://retrace.fedoraproject.org/faf/reports/bthash/174b0aefc6cef144aff94e26bca79783e7032337
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File: backtrace
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File: cgroup
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File: core_backtrace
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File: dso_list
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File: environ
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File: limits
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File: maps
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File: open_fds
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File: proc_pid_status
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File: var_log_messages none

Description Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:33 UTC
Description of problem:
I was just sending out an email in Thunderbird. This action normally pops up a short-lived small window with a progress bar.
I think gnome-shell crashed exactly when the new window was supposed to appear or disappear.

Version-Release number of selected component:
gnome-shell-3.22.1-1.fc25

Additional info:
reporter:       libreport-2.8.0
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        /usr/bin/gnome-shell
crash_function: meta_group_new
executable:     /usr/bin/gnome-shell
journald_cursor: s=11ca5cf270024e1db7a2918b6334d276;i=10be7;b=46c99984556b478cacc1c991de54bf16;m=465136c9e;t=53f228cfd51e8;x=bae2f7ce6ddbb49c
kernel:         4.8.1-1.fc25.x86_64
pkg_fingerprint: 4089 D8F2 FDB1 9C98
pkg_vendor:     Fedora Project
rootdir:        /
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            501

Truncated backtrace:
Thread no. 1 (10 frames)
 #4 meta_group_new at x11/group.c:71
 #5 meta_window_compute_group at x11/group.c:179
 #6 meta_window_group_leader_changed at x11/group.c:216
 #7 reload_wm_hints at x11/window-props.c:1595
 #8 reload_prop_value at x11/window-props.c:198
 #9 meta_window_reload_property_from_xwindow at x11/window-props.c:109
 #10 process_property_notify at x11/window-x11.c:2176
 #11 meta_window_x11_property_notify at x11/window-x11.c:2185
 #12 handle_other_xevent at x11/events.c:1460
 #13 meta_display_handle_xevent at x11/events.c:1769

Potential duplicate: bug 1337992

Comment 1 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:39 UTC
Created attachment 1211680 [details]
File: backtrace

Comment 2 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:40 UTC
Created attachment 1211682 [details]
File: cgroup

Comment 3 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:42 UTC
Created attachment 1211685 [details]
File: core_backtrace

Comment 4 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:43 UTC
Created attachment 1211687 [details]
File: dso_list

Comment 5 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:45 UTC
Created attachment 1211688 [details]
File: environ

Comment 6 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:46 UTC
Created attachment 1211689 [details]
File: limits

Comment 7 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:48 UTC
Created attachment 1211690 [details]
File: maps

Comment 8 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:49 UTC
Created attachment 1211691 [details]
File: open_fds

Comment 9 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:51 UTC
Created attachment 1211692 [details]
File: proc_pid_status

Comment 10 Michal Schmidt 2016-10-18 12:17:52 UTC
Created attachment 1211693 [details]
File: var_log_messages

Comment 11 Avvocato Andrea Marengoni 2016-12-10 15:59:47 UTC
Similar problem has been detected:

The problem has been reported while using Thunderbird. Gnome-shell went in several times by sending an email crash. 
Add that question the standard download from the Mozilla site, then installed via Software Gnome. 
Normally, however, I did not notice these problems despite having used the program inummerevoli times.

reporter:       libreport-2.8.0
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        /usr/bin/gnome-shell
crash_function: meta_group_new
executable:     /usr/bin/gnome-shell
global_pid:     1392
kernel:         4.8.11-300.fc25.x86_64
package:        gnome-shell-3.22.2-2.fc25
pkg_fingerprint: 4089 D8F2 FDB1 9C98
pkg_vendor:     Fedora Project
reason:         gnome-shell killed by SIGABRT
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            1000

Comment 12 Niko 2017-01-31 14:51:44 UTC
Similar problem has been detected:

After waking up from stand-by the mouse moving very slowly and after sending an email with thunderbird, GNOME restarted.
This is the first time I observed such behaviour.

reporter:       libreport-2.8.0
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        /usr/bin/gnome-shell
crash_function: meta_group_new
executable:     /usr/bin/gnome-shell
global_pid:     1995
kernel:         4.9.4-201.fc25.x86_64
package:        gnome-shell-3.22.2-2.fc25
pkg_fingerprint: 4089 D8F2 FDB1 9C98
pkg_vendor:     Fedora Project
reason:         gnome-shell killed by SIGABRT
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            1000

Comment 13 Tom Hughes 2017-02-28 22:26:14 UTC
Similar problem has been detected:

Shell crashed spontaneously as I sent an email in Thunderbird.

reporter:       libreport-2.8.0
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        /usr/bin/gnome-shell
crash_function: meta_group_new
executable:     /usr/bin/gnome-shell
global_pid:     1338
kernel:         4.9.10-200.fc25.x86_64
package:        gnome-shell-3.22.3-1.fc25
pkg_fingerprint: 4089 D8F2 FDB1 9C98
pkg_vendor:     Fedora Project
reason:         gnome-shell killed by SIGABRT
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            1000

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