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List:       enlightenment-users
Subject:    Re: [e-users] e17 cvs - e segfault after menu regen (SOLVED)
From:       Laurence Vanek <lvanek () charter ! net>
Date:       2006-09-25 1:28:25
Message-ID: 451730B9.4030004 () charter ! net
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Laurence Vanek wrote:
> 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.
> 
Thats better.

Im running E again.  Apparently something has changed in the last few
hours (havent checked the new comits).  Latest cvs update & rebuild of
EFL & E is ok (Fedora Core 5).

Now to configure things back to the way I had them (I wont be regen any
menus for a while).

Dont know who to thank but thank you.


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