Arch Linux

Description:

Having installed VFmware Player 5.0.2 build-1031769 from their official site, and upgrading to the latest gtkmm-2.24.3-1 causes vmplayer to dump core. Downgrading to gtkmm-2.24.2-2 resolves this problem.

This is the gdb backtrace on the dumped core:


Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
#0 0x00007f2bd92634b7 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007f2bd92634b7 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007f2bc988f9ff in ?? () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libvmwarebase.so.0
#2 0x00007f2bc988fbb7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libvmwarebase.so.0
#3 0x00007f2bc988ffaa in ?? () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libvmwarebase.so.0
#4 <signal handler called>
#5 0x00007f2bd61a2b1c in Atk::Object::set_name(Glib::ustring const&) () from /usr/lib/libatkmm-1.6.so.1
#6 0x00007f2bc805d47a in lui::Button::create(Glib::ustring const&, Glib::ustring const&, Glib::ustring const&, bool) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0
#7 0x00007f2bc805d7f2 in lui::Button::create(Gtk::StockID, Glib::ustring const&, bool) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0
#8 0x00007f2bc805de5c in lui::Button::Button(lui::Button::Type) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0
#9 0x00007f2bc7ea24fd in lui::NoSignalView::NoSignalView() () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0
#10 0x00007f2bc67c746a in player::View::View(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::UIManager>) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmplayer.so/libvmplayer.so
#11 0x00007f2bc67a52a4 in player::Player::SetUpWindowGeneral(sigc::slot<void, bool, cui::Error const&, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmplayer.so/libvmplayer.so
#12 0x00007f2bc678ca2f in sigc::internal::slot_call2<sigc::bound_mem_functor2<void, player::Player, sigc::slot<void, bool, cui::Error const&, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil> >, void, sigc::slot<void, bool, cui::Error const&, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil> >::call_it(sigc::internal::slot_rep*, sigc::slot<void, bool, cui::Error const&, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil> const&, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil> const&) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmplayer.so/libvmplayer.so
#13 0x00007f2bc7c96093 in cui::SlotChain::NextSlot(sigc::slot<void, bool, cui::Error const&, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0
#14 0x00007f2bc7c96319 in cui::SlotChain::Start(sigc::slot<void, bool, cui::Error const&, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>) () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0
#15 0x00007f2bc678f92b in sigc::internal::slot_call0<sigc::bind_functor<-1, sigc::bound_mem_functor2<void, cui::SlotChain, sigc::slot<void, bool, cui::Error const&, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil> >, sigc::hide_functor<-1, sigc::hide_functor<-1, sigc::pointer_functor0<void> > >, sigc::slot<void, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil, sigc::nil>, void>::call_it(sigc::internal::slot_rep*) ()
from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmplayer.so/libvmplayer.so
#16 0x00007f2bcaa56431 in Gtk::RunSig::gtk_callback(void*) () from /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
#17 0x00007f2bce7010d6 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#18 0x00007f2bc677bb8e in main () from /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmplayer.so/libvmplayer.so
#19 0x00007f2bda068836 in main ()