Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Edit->Preferences leads to core

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From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:09:42 -0500
Hi list,

I updated my CVS snapshot to release-0-9-9 or HEAD and now whenever I click on "Edit->Preferences" 'ethereal' cores on me (e.g., before the preferences window pops up). Here's a backtrace:

[...]
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/nss_files.so.1
#0  0xfed32b7c in strcmp () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
(gdb) where
#0  0xfed32b7c in strcmp () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#1 0xff130558 in gtk_label_set_text (label=0x676ce0, str=0xe08a4d28 <Address 0xe08a4d28 out of bounds>) at gtklabel.c:264
#2  0xff0b517c in gtk_accel_label_new (
    string=0xe08a4d28 <Address 0xe08a4d28 out of bounds>)
    at gtkaccellabel.c:182
#3  0xff1491b0 in gtk_menu_item_new_with_label (
    label=0xe08a4d28 <Address 0xe08a4d28 out of bounds>) at gtkmenuitem.c:194
#4  0x237844 in column_prefs_show () at column_prefs.c:240
#5  0x214690 in prefs_cb (w=0x63b004, dummy=0x0) at prefs_dlg.c:432
#6 0xff12bcc0 in gtk_item_factory_callback_marshal (widget=0x63b004, func_data=0x62d070) at gtkitemfactory.c:263 #7 0xff142178 in gtk_marshal_NONE__NONE (object=0x63b004, func=0xff12bc78 <gtk_item_factory_callback_marshal>, func_data=0x62d070, args=0xffbee900) at gtkmarshal.c:312 #8 0xff185218 in gtk_handlers_run (handlers=0x638e38, signal=0xffbee860, object=0x63b004, params=0xffbee900, after=0) at gtksignal.c:1917 #9 0xff1840f4 in gtk_signal_real_emit (object=0x63b004, signal_id=69, params=0xffbee900) at gtksignal.c:1477
#10 0xff18115c in gtk_signal_emit (object=0x63b004, signal_id=69)
    at gtksignal.c:552
#11 0xff1cc4fc in gtk_widget_activate (widget=0x1) at gtkwidget.c:2890
#12 0xff14de88 in gtk_menu_shell_activate_item (menu_shell=0x63a188, menu_item=0x63b004, force_deactivate=1) at gtkmenushell.c:859 #13 0xff14c968 in gtk_menu_shell_button_release (widget=0x63a188, event=0x6f90a0) at gtkmenushell.c:486 #14 0xff141f08 in gtk_marshal_BOOL__POINTER (object=0x63a188, func=0xff14c6d0 <gtk_menu_shell_button_release>, func_data=0x0, args=0xffbeeef8) at gtkmarshal.c:28 #15 0xff18413c in gtk_signal_real_emit (object=0x63a188, signal_id=21, params=0xffbeeef8) at gtksignal.c:1492
#16 0xff18115c in gtk_signal_emit (object=0x63a188, signal_id=21)
    at gtksignal.c:552
#17 0xff1cc25c in gtk_widget_event (widget=0x63a188, event=0x6f90a0)
    at gtkwidget.c:2864
#18 0xff141e7c in gtk_propagate_event (widget=0x63a188, event=0x6f90a0)
    at gtkmain.c:1378
#19 0xff140ba4 in gtk_main_do_event (event=0x6f90a0) at gtkmain.c:818
#20 0xff24a3a4 in gdk_event_dispatch (source_data=0x6f90a0, current_time=0xffbef4e8, user_data=0x0) at gdkevents.c:2139
#21 0xff045ef0 in g_main_dispatch (dispatch_time=0xffbef4e8) at gmain.c:656
#22 0xff04678c in g_main_iterate (block=-16335028, dispatch=1) at gmain.c:877
#23 0xff0469a0 in g_main_run (loop=0x6c3ae8) at gmain.c:935
#24 0xff14029c in gtk_main () at gtkmain.c:524
#25 0x210814 in main (argc=0, argv=0xffbef860) at main.c:2272
(gdb)


I've tried cleaning up as far as "make distclean" but I haven't been able to find any problems in my environment. The problem seems to happen regardless of whether I have a "~/.ethereal/preferences" file.

Any thoughts/ideas?

Regards,
-Jeff

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Jeff Morriss
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