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[Bug 1428333] Re: gedit crashes on autocomplete

 

FYI I am also getting this crash using the latest Ubuntu 15.04 (see
attached).

** Attachment added: "ubuntu 15.04 crash debug output"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1428333/+attachment/4334715/+files/_usr_bin_gedit.1000.crash

** Summary changed:

- gedit crashes on autocomplete
+ gedit crashes on autocomplete with SIGSEGV in gtk_text_iter_get_buffer

** Summary changed:

- gedit crashes on autocomplete with SIGSEGV in gtk_text_iter_get_buffer
+ gedit crashes on autocomplete with SIGSEGV in gtk_text_iter_get_buffer()

** Description changed:

- When attempting to use gedit's autocomplete functionality (e.g. via the
- "snippets" plugin), gedit crashes.
+ When attempting to use gedit's standard autocomplete functionality (e.g.
+ via the bundled "snippets" plugin), gedit crashes.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  * Make sure you are on Ubuntu 14.10.
  * Open gedit and enable the "snippets" plugin.
  * Save a new document as "crash.py" and type "def" then press "Ctrl-Spacebar" which is supposed to begin the snippet autocomplete. Instead, gedit will crash.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: gedit-common 3.10.4-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Mar  4 21:19:23 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (130 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Description changed:

  When attempting to use gedit's standard autocomplete functionality (e.g.
- via the bundled "snippets" plugin), gedit crashes.
+ via the included "snippets" plugin), gedit crashes.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  * Make sure you are on Ubuntu 14.10.
  * Open gedit and enable the "snippets" plugin.
  * Save a new document as "crash.py" and type "def" then press "Ctrl-Spacebar" which is supposed to begin the snippet autocomplete. Instead, gedit will crash.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: gedit-common 3.10.4-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Mar  4 21:19:23 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (130 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Description changed:

  When attempting to use gedit's standard autocomplete functionality (e.g.
  via the included "snippets" plugin), gedit crashes.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
- * Make sure you are on Ubuntu 14.10.
+ * Make sure you are on Ubuntu 14.10 or 15.04.
  * Open gedit and enable the "snippets" plugin.
- * Save a new document as "crash.py" and type "def" then press "Ctrl-Spacebar" which is supposed to begin the snippet autocomplete. Instead, gedit will crash.
+ * Save a new document as "crash.py"
+ * In this document, type "def" and then press "Ctrl-Spacebar" which is supposed to begin the snippet autocomplete. Instead, gedit will crash.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: gedit-common 3.10.4-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Mar  4 21:19:23 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (130 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Description changed:

  When attempting to use gedit's standard autocomplete functionality (e.g.
  via the included "snippets" plugin), gedit crashes.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  * Make sure you are on Ubuntu 14.10 or 15.04.
  * Open gedit and enable the "snippets" plugin.
  * Save a new document as "crash.py"
- * In this document, type "def" and then press "Ctrl-Spacebar" which is supposed to begin the snippet autocomplete. Instead, gedit will crash.
+ * In this document, type "def" and then press "Ctrl-Spacebar" which is supposed to activate the snippet autocomplete. Instead, gedit will crash.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: gedit-common 3.10.4-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Mar  4 21:19:23 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (130 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Tags added: gedit vivid

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Title:
  gedit crashes on autocomplete with SIGSEGV in
  gtk_text_iter_get_buffer()

Status in gedit package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When attempting to use gedit's standard autocomplete functionality
  (e.g. via the included "snippets" plugin), gedit crashes.

  Steps to reproduce:

  * Make sure you are on Ubuntu 14.10 or 15.04.
  * Open gedit and enable the "snippets" plugin.
  * Save a new document as "crash.py"
  * In this document, type "def" and then press "Ctrl-Spacebar" which is supposed to activate the snippet autocomplete. Instead, gedit will crash.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: gedit-common 3.10.4-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Mar  4 21:19:23 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (130 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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