Bug#884012: gnome-shell: /usr/lib/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-calendar-server continually crashes with segfault

Russel Winder russel at winder.org.uk
Sun Dec 10 13:26:18 UTC 2017


Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.26.2-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

On logging in  /usr/lib/gnome-online-accounts/goa-daemon takes about 20% in two processes. Checking the logs
this seems to be caused by a segfault in /usr/lib/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-calendar-server which is being
continuously restarted:

|> tail -f /var/log/messages
Dec 10 13:17:35 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer'
Dec 10 13:17:38 lavaine kernel: [ 3322.481200] gnome-shell-cal[2310]: segfault at 100000812 ip 00007f7d9219d324 sp 00007fff5f325050 error 4 in libical.so.2.0.0[7f7d9215a000+5e000]
Dec 10 13:17:38 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Activating service name='org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer' requested by ':1.9' (uid=1000 pid=1451 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell ")
Dec 10 13:17:38 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer'
Dec 10 13:17:40 lavaine kernel: [ 3324.799650] gnome-shell-cal[2352]: segfault at 100000812 ip 00007f2eeafd0324 sp 00007ffd0bc3d6d0 error 4 in libical.so.2.0.0[7f2eeaf8d000+5e000]
Dec 10 13:17:40 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Activating service name='org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer' requested by ':1.9' (uid=1000 pid=1451 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell ")
Dec 10 13:17:40 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer'
Dec 10 13:17:42 lavaine kernel: [ 3326.821002] gnome-shell-cal[2390]: segfault at 100000812 ip 00007fa7282ce324 sp 00007ffcd5a57a40 error 4 in libical.so.2.0.0[7fa72828b000+5e000]
Dec 10 13:17:42 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Activating service name='org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer' requested by ':1.9' (uid=1000 pid=1451 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell ")
Dec 10 13:17:42 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer'
Dec 10 13:19:14 lavaine kernel: [ 3419.115233] gnome-shell-cal[2423]: segfault at 100000812 ip 00007f9ff8135324 sp 00007ffd6e890660 error 4 in libical.so.2.0.0[7f9ff80f2000+5e000]
Dec 10 13:19:14 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Activating service name='org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer' requested by ':1.9' (uid=1000 pid=1451 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell ")
Dec 10 13:19:14 lavaine /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[1261]: dbus-daemon[1263]: [session uid=1000 pid=1263] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.CalendarServer'

it is not clear what can be done to stop this happening.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  caribou                                      0.4.21-3
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.26.1-1
ii  evolution-data-server                        3.26.2.1-1.1
ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.45-1
ii  gir1.2-atspi-2.0                             2.26.2-2
ii  gir1.2-caribou-1.0                           0.4.21-3
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.54.1-3
ii  gir1.2-gcr-3                                 3.20.0-5.1
ii  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0                     3.24.1-1
ii  gir1.2-gdm-1.0                               3.26.2.1-2
ii  gir1.2-geoclue-2.0                           2.4.7-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.54.1-3
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.26.1-1
ii  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0                      3.26.2-1
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.22.26-2
ii  gir1.2-gweather-3.0                          3.26.0-1
ii  gir1.2-ibus-1.0                              1.5.14-3
ii  gir1.2-mutter-1                              3.26.2-1
ii  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0                    1.10.0-1
ii  gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0                             1.8.6-1
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.40.13-2
ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.105-18
ii  gir1.2-rsvg-2.0                              2.40.18-2
ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.60.2-1
ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.99.7-1
ii  gjs                                          1.50.2-1
ii  gnome-backgrounds                            3.26.2-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.26.2-1
ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.26.2-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.24.1-1
ii  libasound2                                   1.1.3-5
ii  libatk-bridge2.0-0                           2.26.1-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.26.1-1
ii  libc6                                        2.25-3
ii  libcairo2                                    1.15.8-2
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.30-5
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.30-5
ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.12-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.108-3
ii  libecal-1.2-19                               3.26.2.1-1.1
ii  libedataserver-1.2-22                        3.26.2.1-1.1
ii  libgcr-base-3-1                              3.20.0-5.1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.36.11-1
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.54.1-3
ii  libgjs0g [libgjs0-libmozjs-52-0]             1.50.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.54.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.54.2-1
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0                            1.12.4-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.22.26-2
ii  libical2                                     2.0.0-4
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           1.4.2-2
ii  libmutter-1-0                                3.26.2-1
ii  libnm-glib4                                  1.10.0-1
ii  libnm-util2                                  1.10.0-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.40.13-2
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.40.13-2
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.105-18
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-18
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      11.1-4
ii  libpulse0                                    11.1-4
ii  libsecret-1-0                                0.18.5-4
ii  libstartup-notification0                     0.12-4+b2
ii  libsystemd0                                  235-3
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0.3-1
ii  mutter                                       3.26.2-1
ii  python3                                      3.6.3-2

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
pn  chrome-gnome-shell    <none>
ii  gdm3                  3.26.2.1-2
ii  gkbd-capplet          3.26.0-2
ii  gnome-control-center  1:3.26.2-1
ii  gnome-user-docs       3.26.2-1
pn  iio-sensor-proxy      <none>
pn  switcheroo-control    <none>
ii  unzip                 6.0-21

Versions of packages gnome-shell suggests:
ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12   0.24.1-1.1
ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2  0.8.2-2

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