Re: gnome-shell segfault

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 09:14:29PM -0600, Stan Sander wrote:
> I doubt this is specifically a hardened issue, but this is the only list
> I'm currently subscribed to and I know there are some very savvy folks
> who hang out here.  I've been poking at this issue off and on for a
> couple of months (kind of hoping that an update would take care of the
> problem), but it hasn't so here are the details. 
> 
> I decided to give gnome a try (I've never used anything other than KDE
> on this system) on my ~amd64 desktop so I emerged the meta package with
> the USE flags of my liking, enabled the gnome USE flag globally and let
> the system build away.   My problem is gnome-shell segfaults.  I get a
> blue background with vertical stripes that sort of reminds me of a
> curtain.  After a few seconds I see the message that something has gone
> wrong and I have to log out.  I've done some google searches and tried
> all sorts of things that have worked for others with similar symptoms
> but none have helped here.  Also many emerge -auvND and revdep-rebuilds
> have been done since I first attempted to run gnome.  Mesa has gallium
> enabled and eselected since I'm using an ATI video card.  I've toyed
> around with the idea of a bug report, but decided to try here first. 

Hi,

I'd bet on libffi as the culprit. You may try to use the version from
the hardened overlay (there was one that should patch the issue a while
ago). I was able to fix gnome on the only box I'm running gnome on right
now (the issue was more or less the same).

Note: I use 3.0.12-r1 (which is an old version because an update to the
stable version broke it again and I haven't had time to upgrade and
retry).

WKR
Hinnerk

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