Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 190272
KBuildSycoca crashes with SIGSEGV
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:31 EST
Description of problem: After the recent update to KDE on logging in or any other time kbuildsycoca needs to be run, instead it crashes with a SIGSEGV. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdelibs-3.5.2-0.1.fc5 How reproducible: Always. Have removed .kde directory and even created a test user to see if there's anything I can do to stop it. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Log in with a KDE session Actual results: The second item on the splash screen starts flashing, then a crash dialog appears underneath, which must be "Ok"ed before being able to continue. Expected results: No crash. Additional info: Here's a traceback after installing kdelibs-debuginfo: Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 46912496332992 (LWP 4568)] [KCrash handler] #5 0x0000003ead80fb6f in QGDictIterator::toFirst () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #6 0x0000003ead80fbff in QGDictIterator::QGDictIterator$base () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #7 0x0000003eac618168 in VFolderMenu::excludeItems (this=) at /usr/lib64/qt-3.3/include/qdict.h:104 #8 0x0000003eac61d82c in VFolderMenu::mergeMenu (this=0x12fd1a0, menu1=0x1367fb0, menu2=0x194b3e0, reversePriority=false) at vfolder_menu.cpp:190 #9 0x0000003eac61f376 in VFolderMenu::processMenu (this=0x12fd1a0, docElem=@0x7fffff9252e0, pass=0) at vfolder_menu.cpp:1390 #10 0x0000003eac625389 in VFolderMenu::parseMenu (this=0x12fd1a0, file=) at vfolder_menu.cpp:1611 #11 0x0000003eac6283e8 in KBuildSycoca::build (this=0x6715d0) at kbuildsycoca.cpp:384 #12 0x0000003eac62892b in KBuildSycoca::recreate (this=0x6715d0) at kbuildsycoca.cpp:519 #13 0x0000003eac62911a in kdemain (argc=) at kbuildsycoca.cpp:924 #14 0x0000000000407521 in launch (argc=3, _name=0x64a468 "kbuildsycoca", args=0x64a490 "", cwd=0x0, envc=1, envs=0x64a4a5 "", reset_env=false, tty=0x0, avoid_loops=false, startup_id_str=0x64a4ae "ferrari.floop.org.uk;1146340248;82332;4566_TIME0") at kinit.cpp:639 #15 0x0000000000407d00 in handle_launcher_request (sock=8) at kinit.cpp:1205 #16 0x0000000000408205 in handle_requests (waitForPid=4565) at kinit.cpp:1406 #17 0x0000000000408bf1 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffff926570, envp=0x7fffff926850) at kinit.cpp:1807 #18 0x0000003ea961d084 in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #19 0x00000000004049b9 in _start () #20 0x00007fffff926828 in ?? () #21 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
You mean this problem also happens with a new user? If not, does this problem still appear if you remove .config directory in your home directory before starting KDE? Please attach the output of "rpm -qa | grep kde" and the all files in /etc/xdg/menus, /etc/profile.d/ Thanks
Thanks for the pointers; by a process of elimination I tracked down the issue to a file under /etc/xdg/menus from an installation of Crossover Office, namely /etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/cxlegacy.menu. Removing this stops kbuildsycoca from crashing. For completeness, I've attached the contents of this file, which seems to be in-spec reading http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ar01s07.html I've also checked the contents of the directory the <LegacyDir> element points to and even removed all .desktop entries in there, but whenever the cxlegacy.menu file is present, kbuildsycoca crashes. Removing the file is a workable fix, so I'll consider this issue resolved with the caveat that kbuildsycoca is still buggy if it crashes on an apparently well formed menu file. Thanks for helping out, Alex.
Created attachment 128622 [details] Legacy menu description for Crossover Office Seemingly causes kbuildsycoca to crash.