Why does fprintd crash on my system?

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Issue

  • Why does fprintd crash on my system?
  • backtrace from the crash:
    #0  0x00007f3566b3d9a5 in raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
    #1  0x00007f3566b3f185 in abort () at abort.c:92
    #2  0x0000003d89e4337a in IA__g_logv (log_domain=0x0, log_level=<value optimized out>, format=
        0x408258 "fprint init failed with error %d\n", args1=0x7fff7fe8f5f0) at gmessages.c:549
    #3  0x0000003d89e43413 in IA__g_log (log_domain=<value optimized out>, log_level=<value optimized out>,
        format=<value optimized out>) at gmessages.c:569
    #4  0x0000000000404431 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fff7fe8f848) at main.c:327

Environment

  • package: fprintd-0.1-19.git04fd09cfa.el6
  • VMWare host
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guest with no USB hardware

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