Bug 731487

Summary: [abrt] telepathy-gabble-0.12.2-1.fc15: Process /usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble was killed by signal 6 (SIGABRT)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: chad.harp
Component: telepathy-gabbleAssignee: Brian Pepple <bdpepple>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: bdpepple, sander
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Hardware: i686   
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Description chad.harp 2011-08-17 18:46:23 UTC
abrt version: 2.0.3
architecture:   i686
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        /usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble
comment:        Crash when trying to join Jabber/XMPP Multi-User chat
component:      telepathy-gabble
executable:     /usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble
kernel:         2.6.40-4.fc15.i686
os_release:     Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
package:        telepathy-gabble-0.12.2-1.fc15
reason:         Process /usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble was killed by signal 6 (SIGABRT)
time:           Tue Aug 16 15:54:22 2011
uid:            60815
username:       dt60815

backtrace:      Text file, 22326 bytes

dso_list:
:/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/lib/libm-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so gvfs-1.8.2-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313527281
:/usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.16.14 gnutls-2.10.5-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315774
:/lib/libnss_files-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/usr/lib/telepathy/gabble-0/gateways.so telepathy-gabble-0.12.2-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313527079
:/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2800.8 glib2-2.28.8-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526803
:/usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1.4.0 libsoup-2.34.3-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526815
:/lib/libutil-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.16 libstdc++-4.6.0-10.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526789
:/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.5.4 dbus-libs-1:1.4.6-5.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526788
:/usr/lib/libgupnp-igd-1.0.so.3.0.2 gupnp-igd-0.1.7-5.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315857
:/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6 sqlite-3.7.5-3.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315771
:/usr/lib/libnice.so.10.0.0 libnice-0.1.0-2.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315857
:/lib/libgpg-error.so.0.7.0 libgpg-error-1.9-2.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315771
:/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2 expat-2.0.1-11.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315771
:/usr/lib/libgssdp-1.0.so.2.0.0 gssdp-0.10.0-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315851
:/lib/libpthread-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/lib/ld-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/lib/libnss_dns-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.8 glib2-2.28.8-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526803
:/lib/libz.so.1.2.5 zlib-1.2.5-3.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315770
:/lib/libudev.so.0.11.1 libudev-167-4.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315771
:/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.8 glib2-2.28.8-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526803
:/usr/lib/libtelepathy-glib.so.0.56.4 telepathy-glib-0.14.9-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526827
:/lib/libselinux.so.1 libselinux-2.0.99-4.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315771
:/usr/lib/libgvfscommon.so.0.0.0 gvfs-1.8.2-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313527281
:/lib/libc-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.8 libxml2-2.7.8-6.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315770
:/lib/libgcrypt.so.11.6.0 libgcrypt-1.4.6-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315771
:/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.2800.8 glib2-2.28.8-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526803
:/lib/libresolv-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble telepathy-gabble-0.12.2-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313527079
:/usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so dconf-0.7.5-1.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315807
:/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so glib-networking-2.28.6.1-2.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315791
:/lib/librt-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.8 glib2-2.28.8-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526803
:/lib/libgcc_s-4.6.0-20110603.so.1 libgcc-4.6.0-10.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526693
:/lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0 libuuid-2.19.1-1.4.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526816
:/lib/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2 nss-mdns-0.10-9.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315954
:/lib/libdl-2.14.so glibc-2.14-5.i686 (Fedora Project) 1313526721
:/usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.1.9 libtasn1-2.7-2.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315774
:/usr/lib/libgupnp-1.0.so.3.0.0 gupnp-0.16.1-1.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315851
:/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0 dbus-glib-0.92-2.fc15.i686 (Fedora Project) 1305315772

environ:
:SHELL=/bin/bash
:DBUS_STARTER_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-KvVeFDTkCk,guid=3bbafb12ab6898187d9bc408000000cb
:XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=32b423fe4d654e461eb4c7c20000000f-1313526791.582607-1151861478
:XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/dt60815
:DISPLAY=:0
:DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome
:SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-J5zJvp/ssh
:SESSION_MANAGER=local/unix:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1202,unix/unix:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1202
:WINDOWPATH=1
:PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
:GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
:GDMSESSION=gnome
:USERNAME=dt60815
:XDG_SESSION_ID=1
:GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-J5zJvp/gpg:0:1
:DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-KvVeFDTkCk,guid=3bbafb12ab6898187d9bc408000000cb
:XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm/auth-for-dt60815-aSZkNf/database
:USER=dt60815
:DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE=session
:GNOME_KEYRING_PID=1194
:SHLVL=1
:PWD=/home/dt60815
:GDM_LANG=
:GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-J5zJvp
:LANG=en_US.UTF-8
:_=/usr/bin/dbus-launch
:LOGNAME=dt60815
:HOME=/home/dt60815

maps:
:00110000-00126000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 152596     /usr/lib/libgvfscommon.so.0.0.0
:00126000-00127000 rw-p 00016000 08:01 152596     /usr/lib/libgvfscommon.so.0.0.0
:00127000-0012e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 35221      /usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
:0012e000-0012f000 rw-p 00007000 08:01 35221      /usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
:00166000-00171000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1353       /lib/libnss_files-2.14.so
:00171000-00172000 r--p 0000a000 08:01 1353       /lib/libnss_files-2.14.so
:00172000-00173000 rw-p 0000b000 08:01 1353       /lib/libnss_files-2.14.so
:00413000-00415000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 25220      /lib/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
:00415000-00416000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 25220      /lib/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
:007b3000-007b9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1351       /lib/libnss_dns-2.14.so
:007b9000-007ba000 r--p 00005000 08:01 1351       /lib/libnss_dns-2.14.so
:007ba000-007bb000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 1351       /lib/libnss_dns-2.14.so
:00ac7000-00ac8000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0          [vdso]
:00d49000-00d4c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 34030      /usr/lib/telepathy/gabble-0/gateways.so
:00d4c000-00d4d000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 34030      /usr/lib/telepathy/gabble-0/gateways.so
:00ebd000-00ee7000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 150189     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
:00ee7000-00ee8000 rw-p 0002a000 08:01 150189     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
:00ff5000-00ff8000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 144268     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so
:00ff8000-00ff9000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 144268     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so
:08045000-081d1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 151979     /usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble
:081d1000-081d8000 rw-p 0018b000 08:01 151979     /usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble
:081d8000-081d9000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:08cad000-08ec6000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
:4ddb0000-4ddcd000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49079      /lib/ld-2.14.so
:4ddcd000-4ddce000 r--p 0001d000 08:01 49079      /lib/ld-2.14.so
:4ddce000-4ddcf000 rw-p 0001e000 08:01 49079      /lib/ld-2.14.so
:4ddd1000-4df56000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49080      /lib/libc-2.14.so
:4df56000-4df57000 ---p 00185000 08:01 49080      /lib/libc-2.14.so
:4df57000-4df59000 r--p 00185000 08:01 49080      /lib/libc-2.14.so
:4df59000-4df5a000 rw-p 00187000 08:01 49080      /lib/libc-2.14.so
:4df5a000-4df5d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4df5f000-4df75000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49081      /lib/libpthread-2.14.so
:4df75000-4df76000 r--p 00015000 08:01 49081      /lib/libpthread-2.14.so
:4df76000-4df77000 rw-p 00016000 08:01 49081      /lib/libpthread-2.14.so
:4df77000-4df79000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4df7b000-4df7e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49085      /lib/libdl-2.14.so
:4df7e000-4df7f000 r--p 00002000 08:01 49085      /lib/libdl-2.14.so
:4df7f000-4df80000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 49085      /lib/libdl-2.14.so
:4df82000-4df89000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49082      /lib/librt-2.14.so
:4df89000-4df8a000 r--p 00006000 08:01 49082      /lib/librt-2.14.so
:4df8a000-4df8b000 rw-p 00007000 08:01 49082      /lib/librt-2.14.so
:4df8d000-4dfb5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1808       /lib/libm-2.14.so
:4dfb5000-4dfb6000 r--p 00028000 08:01 1808       /lib/libm-2.14.so
:4dfb6000-4dfb7000 rw-p 00029000 08:01 1808       /lib/libm-2.14.so
:4dfb9000-4dfd6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1363       /lib/libselinux.so.1
:4dfd6000-4dfd7000 r--p 0001c000 08:01 1363       /lib/libselinux.so.1
:4dfd7000-4dfd8000 rw-p 0001d000 08:01 1363       /lib/libselinux.so.1
:4dfda000-4dff6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49087      /lib/libgcc_s-4.6.0-20110603.so.1
:4dff6000-4dff7000 rw-p 0001b000 08:01 49087      /lib/libgcc_s-4.6.0-20110603.so.1
:4dff9000-4e00e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49091      /lib/libz.so.1.2.5
:4e00e000-4e00f000 rw-p 00014000 08:01 49091      /lib/libz.so.1.2.5
:4e011000-4e129000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49084      /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e129000-4e12a000 rw-p 00118000 08:01 49084      /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e12c000-4e142000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49092      /lib/libresolv-2.14.so
:4e142000-4e143000 r--p 00016000 08:01 49092      /lib/libresolv-2.14.so
:4e143000-4e144000 rw-p 00017000 08:01 49092      /lib/libresolv-2.14.so
:4e144000-4e146000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4e148000-4e14c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1806       /lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e14c000-4e14d000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 1806       /lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e14f000-4e19b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1812       /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e19b000-4e19d000 rw-p 0004b000 08:01 1812       /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e19f000-4e1a2000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49089      /lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e1a2000-4e1a3000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 49089      /lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e1a5000-4e2cf000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49093      /lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e2cf000-4e2d2000 rw-p 00129000 08:01 49093      /lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.2800.8
:4e2d2000-4e2d3000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4e2d5000-4e31c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49083      /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.5.4
:4e31c000-4e31d000 ---p 00047000 08:01 49083      /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.5.4
:4e31d000-4e31e000 r--p 00047000 08:01 49083      /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.5.4
:4e31e000-4e31f000 rw-p 00048000 08:01 49083      /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.5.4
:4e321000-4e328000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 152971     /usr/lib/libgupnp-igd-1.0.so.3.0.2
:4e328000-4e329000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 152971     /usr/lib/libgupnp-igd-1.0.so.3.0.2
:4e32b000-4e34e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 152970     /usr/lib/libgupnp-1.0.so.3.0.0
:4e34e000-4e34f000 rw-p 00022000 08:01 152970     /usr/lib/libgupnp-1.0.so.3.0.0
:4e351000-4e37f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 141197     /usr/lib/libnice.so.10.0.0
:4e37f000-4e380000 rw-p 0002d000 08:01 141197     /usr/lib/libnice.so.10.0.0
:4e380000-4e381000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4e481000-4e4a7000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49090      /lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
:4e4a7000-4e4a9000 rw-p 00026000 08:01 49090      /lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
:4e7cb000-4e913000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 141636     /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.8
:4e913000-4e918000 rw-p 00147000 08:01 141636     /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.8
:4e918000-4e919000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4e959000-4e97d000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 151873     /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
:4e97d000-4e97e000 rw-p 00024000 08:01 151873     /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
:4e980000-4e98c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 152094     /usr/lib/libgssdp-1.0.so.2.0.0
:4e98c000-4e98d000 rw-p 0000b000 08:01 152094     /usr/lib/libgssdp-1.0.so.2.0.0
:4ea02000-4ea06000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 22014      /lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
:4ea06000-4ea07000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 22014      /lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
:4eec2000-4eec5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1810       /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.7.0
:4eec5000-4eec6000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 1810       /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.7.0
:4eec8000-4ef42000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49086      /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.6.0
:4ef42000-4ef44000 rw-p 00079000 08:01 49086      /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.6.0
:4ef44000-4ef45000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4ef47000-4f029000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 148676     /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.16
:4f029000-4f02d000 r--p 000e1000 08:01 148676     /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.16
:4f02d000-4f02f000 rw-p 000e5000 08:01 148676     /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.16
:4f02f000-4f035000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:4f373000-4f382000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 49088      /lib/libudev.so.0.11.1
:4f382000-4f383000 r--p 0000e000 08:01 49088      /lib/libudev.so.0.11.1
:4f383000-4f384000 rw-p 0000f000 08:01 49088      /lib/libudev.so.0.11.1
:4f687000-4f689000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 44488      /lib/libutil-2.14.so
:4f689000-4f68a000 r--p 00001000 08:01 44488      /lib/libutil-2.14.so
:4f68a000-4f68b000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 44488      /lib/libutil-2.14.so
:4f6d6000-4f76f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 149505     /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
:4f76f000-4f771000 rw-p 00099000 08:01 149505     /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
:4f7c6000-4f7d6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 142556     /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.1.9
:4f7d6000-4f7d7000 rw-p 0000f000 08:01 142556     /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.1.9
:4f7d9000-4f839000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 151904     /usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1.4.0
:4f839000-4f83b000 rw-p 00060000 08:01 151904     /usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1.4.0
:4f83d000-4f8e3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 151957     /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.16.14
:4f8e3000-4f8e7000 rw-p 000a6000 08:01 151957     /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.16.14
:4fce5000-4fe80000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 149369     /usr/lib/libtelepathy-glib.so.0.56.4
:4fe80000-4fe87000 rw-p 0019b000 08:01 149369     /usr/lib/libtelepathy-glib.so.0.56.4
:4fe87000-4fe88000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b5bff000-b5c00000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b5c00000-b6400000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b6400000-b6421000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b6421000-b6500000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b65ff000-b6600000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b6600000-b6e00000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b6e00000-b6e21000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b6e21000-b6f00000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b6f50000-b6f6c000 r--p 00000000 08:01 132488     /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled
:b6f6c000-b6f6d000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b6f6d000-b7776000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:b777c000-b777e000 r--p 00000000 08:01 262651     /home/dt60815/.config/dconf/user
:b777e000-b777f000 r--s 00000000 08:01 262650     /home/dt60815/.cache/dconf/user
:b777f000-b7786000 r--s 00000000 08:01 134945     /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
:b7786000-b7787000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
:bfa0e000-bfa2f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [stack]

var_log_messages:
:Aug 16 15:37:59 dt60815 yum[1429]: Updated: telepathy-gabble-0.12.2-1.fc15.i686
:Aug 16 15:54:25 dt60815 abrt[2593]: saved core dump of pid 2332 (/usr/libexec/telepathy-gabble) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-08-16-15:54:22-2332.new/coredump (28442624 bytes)

Comment 1 chad.harp 2011-08-17 18:46:26 UTC
Created attachment 518732 [details]
File: backtrace

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*** Bug 669164 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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version of Fedora.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes
bugs or makes them obsolete.

The process we are following is described here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping