Re: [Xlog-discussion] Segfault in xlog 0.9beta1

[Joop Stakenborg]

Alexandru Csete wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I can also make xlog crash (not critical though). I select
> Settings->Dialogs and press 'OK' without changing anything. Runnig it
> through gdb gives:
>
> GNU DDD 3.3.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu), by Dorothea L(gdb) file
> /usr/local/bin/xlog
> (gdb) run
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> lookup_widget (widget=0x0, widget_name=0x8080819 "b4treeview") at
> support.c:30
> (gdb) 
>
>
> - the segfault occurs at the marked line:
>
> ...
> GtkWidget*
> lookup_widget                          (GtkWidget       *widget,
>                                         const gchar     *widget_name)
> {
>   GtkWidget *parent, *found_widget;
>     
>   for (;;)
>     {
>       if (GTK_IS_MENU (widget))
>         parent = gtk_menu_get_attach_widget (GTK_MENU (widget));
>       else
>         parent = widget->parent;   /****  SEGFAULT   ****/
>       if (!parent)
>         parent = (GtkWidget*) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (widget),
> "GladeParentKey");
>       if (parent == NULL)
>         break;
>       widget = parent;
>     }
>     
>   found_widget = (GtkWidget*) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (widget),
>                                                  widget_name);
>   if (!found_widget)
>     g_warning ("Widget not found: %s", widget_name);
>   return found_widget;
> }
> ...
>
>
> Could it be a bug in libglade?

No, it looks like I am looking up a non-existant widget. I will address 
this shortly....

> Otherwise it looks very good! Thanks.

Thanks for the report. Glad you like the new version!

> Alex OZ9AEC

Joop PA4TU