[Bug 1112448] [NEW] debconf-communicate crashed with SIGSEGV in Perl_sv_upgrade() soon after precise amd64 installation

[Parameswaran Sivatharman]

Public bug reported:

The crash occurred when firefox was opened soon after the installation
of 20130201 precide amd64 desktop on a VM using virt-manager using KVM.

Steps:
1. Install precise desktop 20130201 amd64
2. Reboot after the installation and login
3. Double click firefox (twice): There was the warning pop up saying 'Firefox is already running, but is not responding...'
4. Crash occurred at this point

The crash file is attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: debconf 1.5.42ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb  1 12:25:57 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130201)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: debconf
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: debconf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug iso-testing precise running-unity

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Title:
  debconf-communicate crashed with SIGSEGV in Perl_sv_upgrade() soon
  after precise amd64 installation

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The crash occurred when firefox was opened soon after the installation
  of 20130201 precide amd64 desktop on a VM using virt-manager using
  KVM.

  Steps:
  1. Install precise desktop 20130201 amd64
  2. Reboot after the installation and login
  3. Double click firefox (twice): There was the warning pop up saying 'Firefox is already running, but is not responding...'
  4. Crash occurred at this point

  The crash file is attached.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: debconf 1.5.42ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb  1 12:25:57 2013
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130201)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: debconf
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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