Hi Peter,
2016-01-13 1:11 GMT+01:00 Peter Wu <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:52:39AM +0100, Bálint Réczey wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2016-01-09 16:40 GMT+01:00 Peter Wu <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hi Bernard,
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 12:31:12PM -0500, bernard ck Wong wrote:
>> >> I have installed wireshark2.01 from the wireshark stable ppa on Wily (64
>> >> bit) and wireshark-gtk crashes immediately. The errors are in attachment.
>> >> The package for vivid 64 bit works without issue though.
>> >>
>> >> I just compiled 2.01 from source and it didn't crash.
>> >
>> > Can you please post the outptu of:
>> >
>> > tshark -G currentprefs | grep gui.layout_type
>> >
>> > If it is "#gui.layout_type: 1" (or something in the range 1-6) and still
>> > crashes, then maybe some memory is scribbled. Can you try to reproduce
>> > the issue with a clean configuration? Example:
>> >
>> > HOME=/tmp/wshome wireshark
>> I have reproduced the issue in a clean Wily VM.
>> And did short triaging:
>>
>> #4 0x00005653770ef3e3 in main_widgets_rearrange () at
>> /home/vagrant/wireshark-2.0.1+g59ea380/ui/gtk/main.c:3491
>> 3491 g_assert_not_reached();
>> (gdb) p prefs.gui_layout_type
>> $1 = layout_unused
>>
>> Recompilation does not help and the preferences file is not created.
>>
>> The Qt version and tshark start fine.
>
> Can you try this fix (for master, but should be backported too):
> https://code.wireshark.org/review/13154
>
> It also means that somehow the gui.layout_type field was set to 0... But
> the default on master-2.0 is:
>
> epan/prefs.c:3032: prefs.gui_layout_type = layout_type_5;
>
> Does Ubuntu include a default prefs file having gui.layout_type:0?
Sorry for not posting here earlier, but the crash is fixed or at least
shadowed by this commit:
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/13178/
You may want to revert it before testing other possible fixes.
Cheers,
Balint
