Bug#584272: Can't start pidgin: bad flagvector, (Pidgin:4135): Json-CRITICAL, jack server is not running

[Paul Chany <csanyipal@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 01:52:35PM +0200, Paul Chany wrote:
>> I have now installed hunspell-hu (and removed automatically myspell-hu).
>> I run 'gdb pidgin' command and wait until my HDD stop and Pidgins window
>> never come visible. At that moment I hit Ctrl-C and get BackTrace:
>
> So you have exactly the same error message as in the initial report with
> it? Also with the "bad flagvector"?

No, now I have not any error messages, either that one for jack
server(?) (I can't remember anymore) nor "bad flagvector".

Pidgin just run, but it's window remain invisible.
The full backtrace and output from xterm is:
***
csanyipal@debian-laptop:~$ gdb pidgin
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/pidgin...Reading symbols from
/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/pidgin...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) set pagination 0
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/pidgin 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
^C
Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
0xb75f8ac6 in *__GI___poll (fds=0x8ce1590, nfds=10, timeout=12389) at
../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:83
83      ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c: Nincs ilyen fájl vagy
könyvtár.
        in ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c
(gdb) bt full
#0  0xb75f8ac6 in *__GI___poll (fds=0x8ce1590, nfds=10, timeout=12389)
at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:83
        resultvar = <value optimized out>
        oldtype = <value optimized out>
        result = <value optimized out>
#1  0xb77c906b in IA__g_poll (fds=0x8ce1590, nfds=10, timeout=12389) at
/build/buildd-glib2.0_2.24.1-1-i386-84Pp4V/glib2.0-2.24.1/glib/gpoll.c:127
No locals.
#2  0xb77bbdac in g_main_context_poll (context=0x81265b0, block=<value
optimized out>, dispatch=1, self=0x8122008) at
/build/buildd-glib2.0_2.24.1-1-i386-84Pp4V/glib2.0-2.24.1/glib/gmain.c:2904
        poll_func = 0xb77c9040 <IA__g_poll>
#3  g_main_context_iterate (context=0x81265b0, block=<value optimized
out>, dispatch=1, self=0x8122008) at
/build/buildd-glib2.0_2.24.1-1-i386-84Pp4V/glib2.0-2.24.1/glib/gmain.c:2586
        max_priority = 2147483647
        timeout = 12389
        some_ready = <value optimized out>
        nfds = 10
        allocated_nfds = <value optimized out>
        fds = <value optimized out>
        __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "g_main_context_iterate"
#4  0xb77bc517 in IA__g_main_loop_run (loop=0x8cb0a08) at
/build/buildd-glib2.0_2.24.1-1-i386-84Pp4V/glib2.0-2.24.1/glib/gmain.c:2799
        self = 0x8122008
        __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "IA__g_main_loop_run"
#5  0xb7acfdc9 in IA__gtk_main () at
/build/buildd-gtk+2.0_2.20.1-1-i386-Ixfflh/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkmain.c:1219
        tmp_list = 0x0
        functions = 0x0
        init = 0x0
        loop = 0x8cb0a08
#6  0x080ca658 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff394) at
/build/buildd-pidgin_2.7.0-3-i386-m4BdZS/pidgin-2.7.0/./pidgin/gtkmain.c:979
        opt_force_online = 0
        opt_help = 138197104
        opt_login = 0
        opt_nologin = 0
        opt_version = 0
        opt_si = 1
        opt_config_dir_arg = 0x0
        opt_login_arg = 0x0
        opt_session_arg = 0x0
        accounts = <value optimized out>
        sig_indx = <value optimized out>
        sigset = {__val = {82951, 0 <repeats 31 times>}}
        prev_sig_disp = <value optimized out>
        errmsg =
        "L\361\377\277H\361\377\277\341q\377\267\314ߌ\267\364\357\377\267\000\000\000\000\324\356\000\000\364\357\377\267\060\361\377\277\364\357\377\267\004\000\000\000\003\000\000\000\304\321\377\277\025s\377\267\b\000\000\000\020\000\000\000\070\067\373\266`\361\377\277\313\351\376\267L7\373\266\070\067\373\266\020\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\240\367\376\267\270\062\370\267\310B=\267h\335\214\267\000\000\000\000\224\330i\267\300ߌ\267S\361\377\277L\361\377\277H\361\377\277\310\365\377\267\341q\377\267\364\357\377\267\000\000\000\000\324\356\000\000\364\357\377\267\060\361\377\277\240\367\376\267\364\357\377\267\003\000\000\000\002\000\000\000D\322\377\277\025s\377\267\b\000\000\000\f\000\000\000\030\067\373\266`\361\377\277\313\351\376\267(7\373\266\030\067\373\266\f\000\000\000\240\367\376\267<\323\377\277\270\062\370\267h\335\214\267\000\000\000\000\224\330i\267\070\001\000\000S\361\377\277L\361\377\277H\361\377\277\310\365\377\267\341q\377\267\314ߌ\267\000\000\000\000h\335\214\267\364\357\377\267\060\361\377\277\240\367\376\267\364\357\377\267\003\000\000\000\002\000\000\000\300\322\377\277\025s\377\267\b\000\000\000\f\000\000\000\370\066\373\266`\361\377\277\313\351\376\267\b7\373\266\370\066\373\266\f\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\240\367\376\267\274\323\377\277\270\062\370\267h\335\214\267\000\000\000\000\224\330i\267U\304\377\267S\361\377\277L\361\377\277H\361\377\277\341q\377\267-\205\376\267\061\343\372\266\000\000\000\000\016\000\000\000\364\357\377\267\060\361\377\277\364\357\377\267\004\000\000\000\003\000\000\000<\323\377\277\025s\377\267\b\000\000\000\020\000\000\000\320\066\373\266`\361\377\277\313\351\376\267\344\066\373\266\320\066\373\266\020"...
        signal_channel = <value optimized out>
        signal_status = <value optimized out>
        signal_channel_watcher = 1
        error = 0x0
        opt = <value optimized out>
        gui_check = <value optimized out>
        debug_enabled = 0
        migration_failed = 138197104
        active_accounts = <value optimized out>
        long_options = {{name = 0x811b56a "config", has_arg = 1, flag =
        0x0, val = 99}, {name = 0x810873d "debug", has_arg = 0, flag =
        0x0, val = 100}, {name = 0x8116ee8 "force-online", has_arg = 0,
        flag = 0x0, val = 100}, {name = 0x810b370 "help", has_arg = 0,
        flag = 0x0, val = 104}, {name = 0x8116cb4 "login", has_arg = 2,
        flag = 0x0, val = 108}, {name = 0x8116ef5 "multiple", has_arg =
        0, flag = 0x0, val = 109}, {name = 0x8116efe "nologin", has_arg
        = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 110}, {name = 0x811b560 "session",
        has_arg = 1, flag = 0x0, val = 115}, {name = 0x810e491
        "version", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 118}, {name =
        0x811b573 "display", has_arg = 1, flag = 0x0, val = 68}, {name =
        0x8116f06 "sync", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 83}, {name =
        0x0, has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 0}}
(gdb) quit

Does this backtrace helpful?

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Regards,
Paul Chany
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