gimv crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_tree_model_get_valist()

easily reproducible:

1. launch the program
2. choose "edit/options" from the menu

now the program should crash...

maybe the problem is related to: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78648

which resulted in:

http://osmirrors.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/portage/media-gfx/gimageview/files/gimageview-0.2.27-gtk12_fix.diff

cheers

It can be patched successfully with:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459288

Unfortunately, it wont compile with --with-xine so I only have mplayer thumbnails (which kinda sucks).

I think this bug *must* to be fixed in a few days, before the hardy release!
I do not have any developing skill, but just to stimulate maintainers (and just to share half an hour work of my slow machine), i want to post, my binary version. It works for me.

http://www.palug.net/Members/jabba/gimageview_0.2.27-1ubuntu1_i386.deb/view

I am having the same problem with GImageView 0.2.27 (current version) using Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) with my computer (which is Intel 32-bit, not AMD 64-bit). Either selecting Edit/Options or clicking on the 'Preference' button next to 'File Open' on the toolbar causes instant application crash. Is this being worked on? Or is there a reason not to use the proposed fix (above)? Or should I just avoid using this application?

I found a patch which purports to solve this problem on Debian systems -- see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1908833&group_id=39083&atid=424297 -- [ 1908833 ] Fix segfault on options screen. I have attached the file I downloaded from that location (it is not my work, so credit or blame goes to the original author of the patch, Nick Gasson - (nickga). If this could be tested to see if it works, that would be great (I would do it, but I don't know how to appliy a patch to a file using a diff file -- I'm still new at Linux). Thanks to anyone that can help.

This can be fixed with a sync from Debian. See: Bug #281383

A packaging including this fix is in my PPA, and will hopefully be uploaded to Intrepid soon.

https://edge.launchpad.net/~andrewsomething/+archive

Uploaded to Intrepid:

This bug was fixed in the package gimageview - 0.2.27-2ubuntu1

---------------
gimageview (0.2.27-2ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable (LP: #281383), remaining changes:
   - Update dependencies for xine-lib transition (LP: #159338)
  * debian/patches/70_fix_ftbfs_with_gtk+2.13.x.dpatch
   - See GNOME Bug #536767:
     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536767

gimageview (0.2.27-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * QA upload.
  * debian/control
    - set QA group as maintainer
    - added dpatch build-dep
    - bump versioned depends on debhelper to >= 5
    - bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0
    - added Homepage field
    - reformatted long and short descriptions
  * debian/rules
    - added patch stuff
    - added other files to cleanup
    - removed DH_COMPAT
    - don't ignore error on clean
    - removed 'rm' to move to dh_clean
    - added removal of additional license files
    - added dh_desktop call
    - fixed installation of desktop file in the right directory
    - added etc/gimageview.desktop cleanup, it's regenerated (needed after
      German localization)
    - added '--enable-mplayer' option to configure call; thanks to Jonny for
      the report; Closes: #397075
  * debian/patches/01_previous_changes.dpatch
    - added to remove direct upstream code modification
  * debian/compat
    - created with value 5
  * debian/README.source
    - added due to Policy 3.8.0
  * debian/watch
    - added
  * debian/dirs
    - removed since unneeded
  * debian/copyright
    - indented upstream authors with 4 spaces
    - fixed reference on local GPLv2 file
    - left only the first paragraph of GPLv2 in this file
    - clearly separated license and copyright notices
    - added all the missing file with alternative copyright notices
  * debian/menu
    - updated section to Applications/Viewers
  * debian/patches/20_bts440648_sort_fix.dpatch
    - patch added; thanks to Shitamo for the report; Closes: #440648
  * debian/patches/30_bts494304_relibtoolize.dpatch
    - relibtoolize patch to support GNU/kFreeBSD; thanks to Petr Salinger for
      the instruction; Closes: #494304
  * debian/patches/40_bts389071_german_translation.dpatch
    - added German translation; thanks to Holger Wansing for the patch;
      Closes: #389071
  * debian/mime
    - added '-e' option; thanks to Vincent Lefevre for the report;
      Closes: #243583
  * debian/patches/10_bts459288_edit-options_fix.dpatch
    - added to fix the Edit > Options segfault; thanks to Nick Gasson for the
      patch; Closes: #459288
  * debian/patches/50_bts243584_returncode_on_exit.dpatch
    - added to use correctly the return code in case of error at opening;
      thanks to Vincent Lefevre for the report; Closes: #243584

 -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <email address hidden> Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:47:55 +0100