Segfault Trying to Open Device Drivers in Mint 17

wingman358 · 07-01-2015, 10:30 PM

Trying to open the "Device Drivers" program in a fresh Mint 17 install, the authentication pops up but after entering the password, it doesn't open the drivers program.

Segfault shows in dmesg as:

Code:

[ 3787.749571] mintDrivers.py[3431]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f01754b74b7 sp 00007fff618a8ff8 error 4 in libgtk-3.so.0.1000.8[7f01753a2000+500000]

Any ideas?

Edit:

Also just noticed that Software Manager exhibits the same behavior, but without the segfault appearing in dmesg. Authentication pops up but the application never appears. Da Fuck?

Also, md5sum check on installation media found all checksums matched.

Code:

~ $ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: _bulkytower Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) 
           Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine:   System: HP-Pavilion product: FK536AA-ABA m9417c
           Mobo: ECS model: Nettle3 version: 2.2 Bios: Phoenix version: 5.17 date: 04/23/2008
CPU:       Quad core AMD Phenom 9150e (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips: 14465.6 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 900.00 MHz 2: 1800.00 MHz 3: 900.00 MHz 4: 900.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G71 [GeForce 7900 GS] bus-ID: 02:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 7900 GS/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.125 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:05.0 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network:   Card-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet driver: forcedeth port: f000 bus-ID: 00:07.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 04:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 564.0GB (1.1 used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HDP72505 size: 500.1GB 
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: Storage size: 63.9GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 362G used: 5.8G (2) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 6.44GB used: 0.00GB (0) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:45C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 175 Uptime: 1:08 Memory: 1651.6/5968.5MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

wingman358 · 07-02-2015, 08:38 PM

I was getting strange segfaults all related to Gtk on my previous installation of Mint. Couldn't figure it out, hence this fresh install.

Could this be a RAM/HDD or other hardware failure?

wingman358 · 07-02-2015, 08:43 PM

This is strange.

Tried opening the Device Drivers application again and this time it opens OK, after ~15 second wait. No segfault. Hrrm..