gnome-shell crash when opening the activities overview

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Ben Sturmfels
Ben Sturmfels
Christopher Baines
Mark H Weaver
Ricardo Wurmus
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Christopher Baines wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)

Message-ID:874la6mb0u.fsf@cbaines.net

On one system running GuixSD, Gnome Shell crashes when opening the

activities overview (super key, or clicking on the activities button in

the top left).

(.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639: g_file_new_for_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed

(.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639: g_loadable_icon_load: assertion 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)' failed

(.gnome-shell-real:2471): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:36:30.639: Could not load a pixbuf from icon theme.

This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found.

Gtk:ERROR:gtkicontheme.c:4261:gtk_icon_info_load_icon_finish: assertion failed: (icon_info_get_pixbuf_ready (icon_info))

Ben Sturmfels wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(address . 34124@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Christopher Baines)(address . mail@cbaines.net)

Message-ID:87o94xorpl.fsf@sturm.com.au

On Fri, 18 Jan 2019, Christopher Baines wrote:

Toggle quote (4 lines)

> On one system running GuixSD, Gnome Shell crashes when opening the

> activities overview (super key, or clicking on the activities button in

> the top left).

This crashing been occurring for me too for several months. I don't know if
it's helpful, but it the activities overview *was* working fine for a
long time, but I could only guess when that was - perhaps 6-12 months
ago?

Regards,
Ben

Ricardo Wurmus wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Christopher Baines)(address . mail@cbaines.net)(address . 34124@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:87sgu86hy6.fsf@elephly.net

Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:

Toggle quote (14 lines)> On one system running GuixSD, Gnome Shell crashes when opening the
> activities overview (super key, or clicking on the activities button in
> the top left).
>
>
> (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639: g_file_new_for_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed
>
> (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639: g_loadable_icon_load: assertion 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)' failed
>
> (.gnome-shell-real:2471): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:36:30.639: Could not load a pixbuf from icon theme.
> This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found.
> **
> Gtk:ERROR:gtkicontheme.c:4261:gtk_icon_info_load_icon_finish: assertion failed: (icon_info_get_pixbuf_ready (icon_info))

Could you try to see if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the environment where

GNOME Shell is launched to the lib directory of the “gdk-pixbuf+svg” (or

“gdk-pixbuf”) package makes any difference?

You may need to do this in ~/.xsession and launch the gnome-session

manually.

Ricardo

Christopher Baines wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Ricardo Wurmus)(address . rekado@elephly.net)(address . 34124@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:87sgu8zcl2.fsf@cbaines.net

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

Toggle quote (23 lines)> Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:
>
>> On one system running GuixSD, Gnome Shell crashes when opening the
>> activities overview (super key, or clicking on the activities button in
>> the top left).
>>
>>
>> (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639: g_file_new_for_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed
>>
>> (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639: g_loadable_icon_load: assertion 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)' failed
>>
>> (.gnome-shell-real:2471): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:36:30.639: Could not load a pixbuf from icon theme.
>> This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found.
>> **
>> Gtk:ERROR:gtkicontheme.c:4261:gtk_icon_info_load_icon_finish: assertion failed: (icon_info_get_pixbuf_ready (icon_info))
>
> Could you try to see if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the environment where
> GNOME Shell is launched to the lib directory of the “gdk-pixbuf+svg” (or
> “gdk-pixbuf”) package makes any difference?
>
> You may need to do this in ~/.xsession and launch the gnome-session
> manually.

It's been a while since I've experienced this issue, and I don't think I

have the generation that was affected around anymore.

If I remember, I think I may have worked around this by removing a

package, although I'm not sure which.

Ben Sturmfels wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Christopher Baines)(address . mail@cbaines.net)

Message-ID:8d1f8e4696eb8d466f7c77e48326e2ad533127c7.camel@stumbles.id.au

On Tue, 2019-04-23 at 21:33 +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:

Toggle quote (42 lines)> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
> 
> > Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:
> > 
> > > On one system running GuixSD, Gnome Shell crashes when opening
> > > the
> > > activities overview (super key, or clicking on the activities
> > > button in
> > > the top left).
> > > 
> > > 
> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639:
> > > g_file_new_for_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed
> > > 
> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639:
> > > g_loadable_icon_load: assertion 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)'
> > > failed
> > > 
> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:36:30.639: Could not
> > > load a pixbuf from icon theme.
> > > This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could
> > > not be found.
> > > **
> > > Gtk:ERROR:gtkicontheme.c:4261:gtk_icon_info_load_icon_finish:
> > > assertion failed: (icon_info_get_pixbuf_ready (icon_info))
> > 
> > Could you try to see if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the environment
> > where
> > GNOME Shell is launched to the lib directory of the “gdk-
> > pixbuf+svg” (or
> > “gdk-pixbuf”) package makes any difference?
> > 
> > You may need to do this in ~/.xsession and launch the gnome-session
> > manually.
> 
> It's been a while since I've experienced this issue, and I don't
> think I
> have the generation that was affected around anymore.
> 
> If I remember, I think I may have worked around this by removing a
> package, although I'm not sure which.

Christopher, can you tell me how you found these error messages? I'm

interested in troubleshooting to see if I'm having the same issue.

All I can find is the following in /var/log/messages after I click

"Activities", "Show Applications":

Apr 24 13:56:34 localhost gnome-session-binary[857]: WARNING:

Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 6

Regards,

Ben

Christopher Baines wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Ben Sturmfels)(address . ben@stumbles.id.au)

Message-ID:87r29rzyp1.fsf@cbaines.net

Ben Sturmfels <ben@stumbles.id.au> writes:

Toggle quote (52 lines)> On Tue, 2019-04-23 at 21:33 +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
>>
>> > Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:
>> >
>> > > On one system running GuixSD, Gnome Shell crashes when opening
>> > > the
>> > > activities overview (super key, or clicking on the activities
>> > > button in
>> > > the top left).
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639:
>> > > g_file_new_for_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed
>> > >
>> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639:
>> > > g_loadable_icon_load: assertion 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)'
>> > > failed
>> > >
>> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:36:30.639: Could not
>> > > load a pixbuf from icon theme.
>> > > This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could
>> > > not be found.
>> > > **
>> > > Gtk:ERROR:gtkicontheme.c:4261:gtk_icon_info_load_icon_finish:
>> > > assertion failed: (icon_info_get_pixbuf_ready (icon_info))
>> >
>> > Could you try to see if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the environment
>> > where
>> > GNOME Shell is launched to the lib directory of the “gdk-
>> > pixbuf+svg” (or
>> > “gdk-pixbuf”) package makes any difference?
>> >
>> > You may need to do this in ~/.xsession and launch the gnome-session
>> > manually.
>>
>> It's been a while since I've experienced this issue, and I don't
>> think I
>> have the generation that was affected around anymore.
>>
>> If I remember, I think I may have worked around this by removing a
>> package, although I'm not sure which.
>
> Christopher, can you tell me how you found these error messages? I'm
> interested in troubleshooting to see if I'm having the same issue.
>
> All I can find is the following in /var/log/messages after I click
> "Activities", "Show Applications":
>
> Apr 24 13:56:34 localhost gnome-session-binary[857]: WARNING:
> Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 6

I think I ran `gnome-shell --replace` from a terminal, and watched the
output. You might also have some success writing to a log file,
e.g. `gnome-shell --replace 1>&2 | tee gnome-shell.log`.

Ben Sturmfels wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Christopher Baines)(address . mail@cbaines.net)

Message-ID:87imv3iqly.fsf@sturm.com.au

On Wed, 24 Apr 2019, Christopher Baines wrote:

Toggle quote (58 lines)> Ben Sturmfels <ben@stumbles.id.au> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 2019-04-23 at 21:33 +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
>>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
>>>
>>> > Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:
>>> >
>>> > > On one system running GuixSD, Gnome Shell crashes when opening
>>> > > the
>>> > > activities overview (super key, or clicking on the activities
>>> > > button in
>>> > > the top left).
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639:
>>> > > g_file_new_for_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed
>>> > >
>>> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:36:30.639:
>>> > > g_loadable_icon_load: assertion 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)'
>>> > > failed
>>> > >
>>> > > (.gnome-shell-real:2471): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:36:30.639: Could not
>>> > > load a pixbuf from icon theme.
>>> > > This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could
>>> > > not be found.
>>> > > **
>>> > > Gtk:ERROR:gtkicontheme.c:4261:gtk_icon_info_load_icon_finish:
>>> > > assertion failed: (icon_info_get_pixbuf_ready (icon_info))
>>> >
>>> > Could you try to see if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the environment
>>> > where
>>> > GNOME Shell is launched to the lib directory of the “gdk-
>>> > pixbuf+svg” (or
>>> > “gdk-pixbuf”) package makes any difference?
>>> >
>>> > You may need to do this in ~/.xsession and launch the gnome-session
>>> > manually.
>>>
>>> It's been a while since I've experienced this issue, and I don't
>>> think I
>>> have the generation that was affected around anymore.
>>>
>>> If I remember, I think I may have worked around this by removing a
>>> package, although I'm not sure which.
>>
>> Christopher, can you tell me how you found these error messages? I'm
>> interested in troubleshooting to see if I'm having the same issue.
>>
>> All I can find is the following in /var/log/messages after I click
>> "Activities", "Show Applications":
>>
>> Apr 24 13:56:34 localhost gnome-session-binary[857]: WARNING:
>> Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 6
>
> I think I ran `gnome-shell --replace` from a terminal, and watched the
> output. You might also have some success writing to a log file,
> e.g. `gnome-shell --replace 1>&2 | tee gnome-shell.log`.

Great, thanks Christopher. Wow, nice going Ricardo, that fixes the

issue!

I ran:

$ find ~/.guix-profile/ -type d -wholename '*lib/gdk-pixbuf*'

/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0

/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0

/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders

and then:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib gnome-shell

after which I could then select "Activities" and "Show Applications"

without any problems.

As you suggested was able to make the workaround persistent with:

$ echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib gnome-session" > ~/.xsession

$ chmod a+x ~/.xsession

Is there a way to fix this more permanently in Gnome?

Regards,

Ben

Ricardo Wurmus wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Ben Sturmfels)(address . ben@sturm.com.au)

Message-ID:8736m643wt.fsf@elephly.net

Hi Ben,

Toggle quote (21 lines)> I ran:
>
>   $ find ~/.guix-profile/ -type d -wholename '*lib/gdk-pixbuf*'
>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0
>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0
>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders
>
> and then:
>
>   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib gnome-shell
>
> after which I could then select "Activities" and "Show Applications"
> without any problems.
>
> As you suggested was able to make the workaround persistent with:
>
>   $ echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib gnome-session" > ~/.xsession
>   $ chmod a+x ~/.xsession
>
> Is there a way to fix this more permanently in Gnome?

Yes, I’ve fixed this on the staging branch for the gnome-shell package.

This also fixes another crash we saw when displaying notifications.

Ricardo

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Ben Sturmfels wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Ricardo Wurmus)(address . rekado@elephly.net)

Message-ID:dbb4364b55fcfea1e42ee91860f20072dc69fdc6.camel@sturm.com.au

On Thu, 2019-04-25 at 15:20 +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:

Toggle quote (7 lines)

> > Is there a way to fix this more permanently in Gnome?

> Yes, I’ve fixed this on the staging branch for the gnome-shell

> package.

> This also fixes another crash we saw when displaying notifications.

Thanks Ricardo, you're awesome. :)

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Mark H Weaver wrote 6 years ago

Re: 01/01: gnu: gnome-shell: Add gdk-pixbuf+svg to inputs.

Recipients:(name . Ricardo Wurmus)(address . rekado@elephly.net)(address . 34124@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:87y33xhn05.fsf@netris.org

Hi Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

guix-commits@gnu.org writes:

Toggle quote (12 lines)> commit cd8dce8ac4224d425f13b3c0776884c87ff43562
> Author: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
> Date:   Thu Apr 25 15:17:05 2019 +0200
>
>     gnu: gnome-shell: Add gdk-pixbuf+svg to inputs.
>     
>     Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/34124>.
>     
>     * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnome-shell)[inputs]: Add gdk-pixbuf+svg.
>     [arguments]: Add the lib directory of gdk-pixbuf+svg to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>     wrapper of the gnome-shell executable.

Thanks for this! I see that you pushed it to 'staging', but perhaps it

should also be pushed to 'master'? What do you think?

Mark

Ricardo Wurmus wrote 6 years ago

Recipients:(name . Mark H Weaver)(address . mhw@netris.org)(address . 34124@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:87v9z13d0g.fsf@elephly.net

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

Toggle quote (21 lines)> Hi Ricardo,
>
> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
>
> guix-commits@gnu.org writes:
>
>> commit cd8dce8ac4224d425f13b3c0776884c87ff43562
>> Author: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
>> Date:   Thu Apr 25 15:17:05 2019 +0200
>>
>>     gnu: gnome-shell: Add gdk-pixbuf+svg to inputs.
>>     
>>     Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/34124>.
>>     
>>     * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnome-shell)[inputs]: Add gdk-pixbuf+svg.
>>     [arguments]: Add the lib directory of gdk-pixbuf+svg to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>     wrapper of the gnome-shell executable.
>
> Thanks for this!  I see that you pushed it to 'staging', but perhaps it
> should also be pushed to 'master'?  What do you think?

Yes, pushing it to master should be fine. I pushed it to staging only

because this fixes a more severe problem with the newer GNOME there.

Ricardo

swedebugia wrote 6 years ago

Re: bug#34124: gnome-shell crash when opening the activities overview

Recipients:(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)

Message-ID:32e5f132-2570-8eeb-4cd2-44006d414eb4@riseup.net

On 2019-04-25 15:20, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:

Toggle quote (27 lines)> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
>> I ran:
>>
>>   $ find ~/.guix-profile/ -type d -wholename '*lib/gdk-pixbuf*'
>>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0
>>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0
>>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders
>>
>> and then:
>>
>>   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib gnome-shell
>>
>> after which I could then select "Activities" and "Show Applications"
>> without any problems.
>>
>> As you suggested was able to make the workaround persistent with:
>>
>>   $ echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ben/.guix-profile/lib gnome-session" > ~/.xsession
>>   $ chmod a+x ~/.xsession
>>
>> Is there a way to fix this more permanently in Gnome?
> 
> Yes, I’ve fixed this on the staging branch for the gnome-shell package.
> This also fixes another crash we saw when displaying notifications.

Nice work! 🙂

Cheers Swedebugia

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