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bug#43610: IceCat segfault
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
bug#43610: IceCat segfault |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:12:48 +0100 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 |
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
>
>> I have the same problem. Icecat segfaults right away without any window
>> appearing. “-safe-mode” does not make a difference, but with “-p” I’m
>> presented with the profile manager. I haven’t tried creating a new
>> profile yet, nor have I tried deleting files from my existing profile.
>>
>> I’m using Gnome on Guix System. To be sure that it isn’t caused by a
>> known bug in how we packaged Gnome Shell, I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH before
>> running icecat, but with no effect.
>>
>> I see a segfault with the latest icecat-78.3.1-guix0-preview1 and with
>> the older 78.3.0-guix0-preview1. No segfault with
>> 68.12.0-guix0-preview1.
>
> Starting the new Icecat with “icecat --migration” and telling it to
> import the existing Icecat profile did the trick for me. I did not
> delete anything from my existing profile.
This is not a complete fix, though. Icecat goes straight back to
segfaulting when restarted. When I start it with “icecat --migration”
and import the profile (every time I start it) I can get past the
segfault. So, whatever it does there does not seem to be permanent.
--
Ricardo