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List:       enlightenment-users
Subject:    Re: [e-users] e17 cvs - e segfault after menu regen
From:       Laurence Vanek <lvanek () charter ! net>
Date:       2006-09-24 23:37:04
Message-ID: 451716A0.6020600 () charter ! net
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Paul Stejskal wrote:
> Laurence Vanek wrote:
>> Laurence Vanek wrote:
>>  
>>> updated my cvs tree & rebuilt all EFL then E.  no problems until I
>>> decided to see what would happen by rebuilding the application menu.
>>> This created an E seg fault that I could not recover from.  At the
>>> moment I cannot start e from entrance.  I get the "e seg faulted - this
>>> is a very bad thing..." screen which offers to recover.  Recover not
>>> possible.  entrance is fine, in fact I typing this from (choke) gnome
>>> enviroment which entrance fires up.
>>>
>>> Im guessing that the menu regen operation seriously corrupted something
>>> but I have no clue what.
>>>
>>> I rebuilt e, no joy.  Deleted the ~/.e/e/config files, still no joy.  I
>>> trying to avoid gutting my system of e related files & starting over.
>>> any advice would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Im running Fedora Core 5 (updated).
>>>
>>>     
>> UPDATE:
>>
>> Heres a backtrace. I hope it is helpful (first time I've tried this).
>> Used debugging guidelines on get-e.org.
>>
>> ==============
>> #0  0x0080e402 in ?? ()
>> #1  0x008eb40d in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6
>> #2  0x003bd779 in XProcessInternalConnection () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
>> #3  0x003bdb5f in _XRead () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
>> #4  0x003bf4f1 in _XReadEvents () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
>> #5  0x003a84cb in XNextEvent () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
>> #6  0x080d0c23 in e_alert_show (
>>     text=0x8147cdc "This is very bad. Enlightenment has recieved an
>> abort.\nThis could be for many reasons - accessing memory not in\nits
>> available address space or unable to be paged in.\n\nYou can gdb attach
>> to this proces"...)
>>     at e_alert.c:129
>> #7  0x080b750e in e_sigabrt_act (x=6, info=0xbfb19dfc, data=0xbfb19e7c)
>>     at e_signals.c:155
>> #8  <signal handler called>
>> #9  0x0080e402 in ?? ()
>> #10 0x00853ee9 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
>> #11 0x008554f1 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
>> #12 0x0088853b in __libc_message () from /lib/libc.so.6
>> #13 0x0088fa68 in _int_free () from /lib/libc.so.6
>> #14 0x00892f6f in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
>> #15 0x00235a82 in ecore_desktop_tree_del (tree=0x9d15738)
>>     at ecore_desktop_tree.c:379
>> #16 0x00237086 in _ecore_desktop_menu_get0 (
>>     file=0x9d156d0 "/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu",
>> merge_stack=0x9d15738,
>> ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
>>
>> ======================

>>   
> Sometimes I get that kind of error when I run an outdated module
> (taskbar). If you push the first option to continue it might bring up
> the modules dialog and disable the ailing module.
> 
> Paul
> 

Paul -

thanks but e wont let me proceed.  only allows exit (no recover).  that
takes me back to entrance where Im able to choose another type of
session like gnome or kde.

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