[Pidgin] #17347: crash on start

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#17347: crash on start
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 Reporter:  fliegenmann  |       Owner:  EionRobb
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  pending
Milestone:               |   Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.13.0       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Changes (by EionRobb):

 * status:  new => pending


Old description:

> Hey, im running ParrotOS (Debian), and since 2weeks pidgin crashes when i
> try to launch it. Everything is up to date. Reinstall did not solve the
> problem.
>
> when i try to launch it from terminal, i get this:
> Reading profile /etc/firejail/pidgin.profile
> Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc
> Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-devel.inc
> Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-interpreters.inc
> Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-passwdmgr.inc
> Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-programs.inc
> Parent pid 29174, child pid 29175
> 1 program installed in 13.62 ms
> Blacklist violations are logged to syslog
> Child process initialized in 141.31 ms
> libdc1394 error: Failed to create juju: opendir: Keine Berechtigung
> libdc1394 error: Failed to initialize libdc1394
> Pidgin 2.13.0 hat einen Speicherzugriffsfehler festgestellt und
> versucht, eine Core-Datei zu schreiben.  Dies ist ein
> Fehler im Programm und kein Fehler von Ihnen.
>

>

> I followed the Backtrace for Debian tutorial, here is the output:
>
> $gdb pidgin 2>&1 | tee ~/pidgin-backtrace.log
> GNU gdb (Debian 8.1-4+b1) 8.1
> Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show
> copying"
> and "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu".
> Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
> For bug reporting instructions, please see:
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
> Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
> For help, type "help".
> Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
> Reading symbols from pidgin...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> (gdb) handle SIGPIPE nostop noprint
> Signal        Stop      Print   Pass to program Description
> SIGPIPE       No        No      Yes             Broken pipe
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: /usr/local/bin/pidgin
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-
> gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
> process 1767 is executing new program: /usr/bin/firejail
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-
> gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
> Error: cannot create /run/firejail/profile/1767
> [Inferior 1 (process 1767) exited with code 01]
> (gdb) bt full
> No stack.
> (gdb)

New description:

 Hey, im running ParrotOS (Debian), and since 2weeks pidgin crashes when i
 try to launch it. Everything is up to date. Reinstall did not solve the
 problem.

 when i try to launch it from terminal, i get this:
 {{{
 Reading profile /etc/firejail/pidgin.profile
 Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc
 Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-devel.inc
 Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-interpreters.inc
 Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-passwdmgr.inc
 Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-programs.inc
 Parent pid 29174, child pid 29175
 1 program installed in 13.62 ms
 Blacklist violations are logged to syslog
 Child process initialized in 141.31 ms
 libdc1394 error: Failed to create juju: opendir: Keine Berechtigung
 libdc1394 error: Failed to initialize libdc1394
 Pidgin 2.13.0 hat einen Speicherzugriffsfehler festgestellt und
 versucht, eine Core-Datei zu schreiben.  Dies ist ein
 Fehler im Programm und kein Fehler von Ihnen.
 }}}



 I followed the Backtrace for Debian tutorial, here is the output:

 {{{
 $gdb pidgin 2>&1 | tee ~/pidgin-backtrace.log
 GNU gdb (Debian 8.1-4+b1) 8.1
 Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
 and "show warranty" for details.
 This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu".
 Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
 For bug reporting instructions, please see:
 <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
 Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
 <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
 For help, type "help".
 Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
 Reading symbols from pidgin...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
 (gdb) handle SIGPIPE nostop noprint
 Signal        Stop      Print   Pass to program Description
 SIGPIPE       No        No      Yes             Broken pipe
 (gdb) run
 Starting program: /usr/local/bin/pidgin
 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
 Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
 process 1767 is executing new program: /usr/bin/firejail
 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
 Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
 Error: cannot create /run/firejail/profile/1767
 [Inferior 1 (process 1767) exited with code 01]
 (gdb) bt full
 No stack.
 (gdb)
 }}}

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Comment:

 https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/GetABacktrace#TheHardWaya.k.a.MakingUseofCoreFiles

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