Description of problem: When selecting text using mouse on the terminal screen, gnome-terminal crashed. (gdb) bt #0 vte_terminal_extend_selection (terminal=<value optimized out>, x=<value optimized out>, y=<value optimized out>, always_grow=<value optimized out>, force=<value optimized out>) at vte.c:6178 #1 0x0000003a2a22b04f in vte_terminal_motion_notify (widget=<value optimized out>, event=<value optimized out>) at vte.c:6632 #2 0x0000003a1f76caa4 in _gtk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXED (closure=Could not find the frame base for "_gtk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXED". ) at gtkmarshalers.c:84 #3 0x0000003a1960b7fd in IA__g_closure_invoke (closure=<value optimized out>, return_value=<value optimized out>, n_param_values=<value optimized out>, param_values=<value optimized out>, invocation_hint=<value optimized out>) at gclosure.c:767 #4 0x0000003a19622264 in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=<value optimized out>, detail=<value optimized out>, instance=<value optimized out>, emission_return=<value optimized out>, instance_and_params=<value optimized out>) at gsignal.c:3282 #5 0x0000003a19623b58 in IA__g_signal_emit_valist (instance=<value optimized out>, signal_id=<value optimized out>, detail=<value optimized out>, var_args=<value optimized out>) at gsignal.c:2987 #6 0x0000003a19624213 in IA__g_signal_emit (instance=<value optimized out>, signal_id=<value optimized out>, detail=<value optimized out>) at gsignal.c:3034 #7 0x0000003a1f8d7e75 in gtk_widget_event_internal (widget=Could not find the frame base for "gtk_widget_event_internal". ) at gtkwidget.c:4745 #8 0x0000003a1f8d7997 in IA__gtk_widget_event (widget=Could not find the frame base for "IA__gtk_widget_event". ) at gtkwidget.c:4542 #9 0x0000003a1f76ad36 in IA__gtk_propagate_event (widget=Could not find the frame base for "IA__gtk_propagate_event". ) at gtkmain.c:2363 #10 0x0000003a1f769704 in IA__gtk_main_do_event (event=Could not find the frame base for "IA__gtk_main_do_event". ) at gtkmain.c:1568 #11 0x0000003a22e61e93 in gdk_event_dispatch (source=Could not find the frame base for "gdk_event_dispatch". ) at gdkevents-x11.c:2365 #12 0x0000003a18a378c2 in g_main_dispatch () at gmain.c:2072 #13 IA__g_main_context_dispatch (context=<value optimized out>) at gmain.c:2624 #14 0x0000003a18a3b05d in g_main_context_iterate (context=<value optimized out>, block=<value optimized out>, dispatch=<value optimized out>, self=<value optimized out>) at gmain.c:2705 #15 0x0000003a18a3b58d in IA__g_main_loop_run (loop=<value optimized out>) at gmain.c:2928 #16 0x0000003a1f768e55 in IA__gtk_main () at gtkmain.c:1172 #17 0x0000000000415d75 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fff317a6d08) at terminal.c:1253 ( Please let me know if you need the core file, so I will upload it somewhere. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-terminal-2.23.6-1.fc10.x86_64 vte-0.17.1-1.fc10.x86_64 gtk2-2.13.6-3.fc10.i386 How reproducible: very often Steps to Reproduce: 1. repetitively use mouse to select text in terminal windows.
This is fixed upstream. Will build as soon as the build system is back. There's a dup of it also.
I tried the latest gnome-terminal-2.23.6-2.fc10.x86_64, but found the problem has not been fixed. Reopen it for now. Feel free to close it, if the new package with the fix has been built.
The fix is in vte.
Confirmed it has been fixed by vte-0.17.2-1.fc10.x86_64.rpm. Thanks!