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AdamCDunlap

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Registered: 2013-04-03

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Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

Pretty much the title. I get a segmentatation fault from skype with glib2-2.36.1-1, and it works fine with glib2-2.34.3-1. However, using glib2-2.34.3-1 makes other program (such as dwb) not start either:

dwb: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so: undefined symbol: g_simple_proxy_resolver_new

The error for skype with 2-36 is simply:

% skype
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped)  skype

This is skype version 4.1.0.20-6. I don't think I've done anything weird with any configurations --- I have a gtkrc-2.0 file but even with that moved it segfaults.

Can anyone help me resolve this issue? Thanks.

ViruSzZ

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From: The Streets

Registered: 2010-10-14

Posts: 202

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Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

I experienced the same issue...

it is already in the bug tracker.. also upstream is aware

you can temporary use the workaround mentioned in the links if you're depending on skype

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cirrus

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From: Glasgow Scotland

Registered: 2012-08-24

Posts: 341

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Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

same thing here x86_64 non testing, fresh install.

Last edited by cirrus (2013-04-22 11:06:11)

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foggybrain

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Registered: 2008-07-29

Posts: 86

Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

same issue here

Vladimiroff

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 21

Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

We have to wait for a fix in glib2 on i686 and lib32-glib2 on x86_64. Until then, there is a temporary fix: downgrading (lib32-)glib2.

The Arch Rollback Machine (ARM) contains archived snapshots of all the repos going back to 1 November 2009.

Just go there and get (lib32-)glib2-2.34.3-1 for your arch

guriinii

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From: Rossendale

Registered: 2010-09-22

Posts: 84

Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

Same problem here, but the temporary downgrade has worked.

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Mr.Smith1974

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From: St. Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2013-04-13

Posts: 38

Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

Same problem

ViruSzZ

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From: The Streets

Registered: 2010-10-14

Posts: 202

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Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

We have to wait for a fix in glib2 on i686 and lib32-glib2 on x86_64. Until then, there is a temporary fix: downgrading (lib32-)glib2.

The Arch Rollback Machine (ARM) contains archived snapshots of all the repos going back to 1 November 2009.

Just go there and get (lib32-)glib2-2.34.3-1 for your arch

or just unpack 'lib32-glib2-2.34.3-1-$ARCH.pkg.tar.xz' somewhere and run skype as:

$ LD_PRELOAD=/home/d/Build/lib-gobject/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3400.3 skype

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dwarfcadaver

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Registered: 2013-04-23

Posts: 2

Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

For me the easiest and fastest solution was to use pacman to downgrade w/ my pacman cached version.

pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/lib32-glib2-2.34.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

hope that helps anyone looking for a quick fix.

Vladimiroff

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 21

Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

@ViruSzZ, neat. Your solution is obviously better.

We have to wait for a fix in glib2 on i686 and lib32-glib2 on x86_64. Until then, there is a temporary fix: downgrading (lib32-)glib2.

The Arch Rollback Machine (ARM) contains archived snapshots of all the repos going back to 1 November 2009.

Just go there and get (lib32-)glib2-2.34.3-1 for your arch

or just unpack 'lib32-glib2-2.34.3-1-$ARCH.pkg.tar.xz' somewhere and run skype as:

$ LD_PRELOAD=/home/d/Build/lib-gobject/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3400.3 skype

hamelg

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From: France

Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 129

Re: Update to glib2-2.36.1-1 Causes Skype to Segfault

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1262948