Bug 2350072 - update release glib2 crashes mate-panel
Summary: update release glib2 crashes mate-panel
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2326719
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mate-sensors-applet
Version: 42
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Wolfgang Ulbrich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-03-05 12:19 UTC by publiccontact2020
Modified: 2025-11-29 22:35 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2025-11-29 22:31:03 UTC
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Description publiccontact2020 2025-03-05 12:19:07 UTC
Upgrading:
glib2                          x86_64   2.83.5-1.fc43                    rawhide              replacing glib2                x86_64   2.82.2-1.fc41                    
glib2-devel                    x86_64   2.83.5-1.fc43                    rawhide              replacing glib2-devel          x86_64   2.82.2-1.fc41 

Mate panel starts and crashes repeatedly.  
Killing mate-panel from terminal and relaunching yields the following:

$mate-panel
free(): invalid pointer
Aborted (core dumped)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.update glib2
2.logi
3.mate-panel starts and crashes
Actual Results:  
mate-panel crashes



Expected Results:  
mate-panel start and function as expected.

mate-panel-libs-1.28.2-5.fc42.x86_64
mate-panel-1.28.2-5.fc42.x86_64

This issue was previously reported pertaining to rawhide 42 and changed to fedora 42.

The issue now exists in rawhide 43 after updated glib2 version.

Rawhide with mate desktop is unusable with crashing mate-panel issue unresolved.

Comment 1 publiccontact2020 2025-03-09 15:52:36 UTC
glib2 release 2.84 crashes mate-panel as before.

Reverting to fedora 41 version restores functionality.

Updating / installing...
   1:glib2-2.82.2-1.fc41              
   2:glib2-devel-2.82.2-1.fc41        
Cleaning up / removing...
   3:glib2-devel-2.84.0-1.fc43        
   4:glib2-2.84.0-1.fc43

Comment 2 publiccontact2020 2025-03-16 14:20:44 UTC
This matter was resolved to the extent related in comment 16 here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326719

However, there may yet be an issue with glib2 versions >2.82 crashing the mate hardware sensors monitor panel applet.

Comment 3 Debarshi Ray 2025-11-29 22:31:03 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2327489 ***

Comment 4 Debarshi Ray 2025-11-29 22:35:44 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2326719 ***


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