Bug 1332015 - crash: St:ERROR:st/st-bin.c:185:st_bin_dispose: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL)
Summary: crash: St:ERROR:st/st-bin.c:185:st_bin_dispose: assertion failed: (priv->chil...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 23
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-05-01 08:02 UTC by customercare
Modified: 2017-12-17 16:01 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2016-12-20 20:13:43 UTC
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Description customercare 2016-05-01 08:02:24 UTC
Description of problem:

gnome-shell crashed today closing gnome-mplayers window.

St:ERROR:st/st-bin.c:185:st_bin_dispose: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL)

the same kind of crash & restart happens in thunderbird, but here it happens more often, like once in a week, sometime twice in a row, everytime the message 
editor window gets closed. I think this is connected.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

3.18.5-1.fc23

How reproducible:

Happens from time to time.


Additional info:

May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_LOWER_BELOW: window 0x2600007 (JavaEmbedd) not in stack
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: (gnome-shell:1932): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_LOWER_BELOW: window 0x2600007 (JavaEmbedd) not in stack
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: **
May  1 09:54:41 eve gnome-shell.desktop: St:ERROR:st/st-bin.c:185:st_bin_dispose: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL)
May  1 09:54:41 eve abrt-hook-ccpp: Process 1932 (gnome-shell) of user 1000 killed by SIGABRT - dumping core
May  1 09:54:42 eve gnome-session: gnome-session-binary[1549]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 6
May  1 09:54:42 eve gnome-session-binary[1549]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 6
May  1 09:54:43 eve gnome-shell.desktop: current session already has an ibus-daemon.
May  1 09:54:43 eve gnome-shell.desktop: Gjs-Message: JS WARNING: [/home/marius/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/netspeed.com/net_speed_status_icon.js 156]: assignment to undeclared variable device
May  1 09:54:43 eve gnome-shell.desktop: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Device ->
May  1 09:54:44 eve gnome-settings-daemon.desktop: (gnome-settings-daemon:1788): color-plugin-WARNING **: could not find device: property match 'XRANDR_name'='VGA-0' does not exist
May  1 09:54:45 eve gnome-shell: GNOME Shell started at Sun May 01 2016 09:54:43 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May  1 09:54:53 eve /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session: Activating service name='org.gnome.Terminal'
May  1 09:54:53 eve /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session: Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Terminal'

Comment 1 miikka.veijonen 2016-06-08 12:29:11 UTC
I'm facing this exact issue with Gnome (v3.20) + Thunderbird (v45.1.1).

@customercare: Are you using FireTray and/or TopTray extensions in Thunderbird and Gnome Shell? I'm just wondering if they have something to do with this bug / issue...

Comment 2 customercare 2016-06-08 12:42:33 UTC
Hi, 

I'm using "Topicons PLUS"  in gnomeshell and NO other similar extention in TB or GS.

Comment 3 miikka.veijonen 2016-06-09 07:01:25 UTC
Ok, but anyway: I've multiple crashes / gnome-shell restarts during day. There's always this line in gnome-shell journal log:

org.gnome.Shell.desktop[17780]: St:ERROR:st/st-bin.c:186:st_bin_dispose: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL)

before it crashes and restart itself. Is this a bug or is some extension acting wrongly etc.?

Comment 4 Carlos H. M. Moreira 2016-07-26 16:30:15 UTC
Same error here:

org.gnome.Shell.desktop[932]: St:ERROR:st/st-bin.c:186:st_bin_dispose: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL)

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Comment 6 Steeve McCauley 2016-11-29 13:09:04 UTC
FWIW, I also see this in Fedora 24, normally associated with either TaskBar or TeaTime extensions.

Comment 7 customercare 2016-11-29 13:24:01 UTC
Taskbar is installed, TeaTime not.

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