Cinnamon crashes if Telegram is loaded via startup programs: libgtk-3.so.0.1800.9

[Isolator70]

System:    Host: henrik-ESPRIMO-P720 Kernel: 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64 (64 bit)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7  Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   System: FUJITSU product: ESPRIMO P720
           Mobo: FUJITSU model: D3221-A1 v: S26361-D3221-A1
           Bios: FUJITSU // American Megatrends v: V4.6.5.4 R1.41.0 for D3221-A1x date: 06/01/2016
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-4130 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 3400 MHz 1: 1010 MHz 2: 1310 MHz 3: 1339 MHz
           4: 1430 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Caicos XT [Radeon HD 7470/8470 / R5 235/310 OEM]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1680x1050@59.88hz
           GLX Renderer: AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 18.0.5

Issue

Cinnamon crashes 100% reproducible at:

1. Clicking at Telegram info area icon.
   or
2. user logout.

In syslog following line occurs:

kernel: [ 6523.120435] cinnamon[17050]: segfault at 18 ip 00007effa2958580 sp 00007ffcc1673cf0 error 4 in libgtk-3.so.0.1800.9[7effa25c3000+71a000]

It seems the tray icon of Telegram desktop causes the trouble, if Telegram is loaded via startup application without delay! If I add an 5s delay everything is fine.

Steps to reproduce

Install Telegram Desktop manually.
Create a desktop shortcut (No idea if needed)
Add Telegram to startup applications with 0s startup delay.
log user out, log user in so Telegram was started automatically
click on Telegram info area icon

Expected behaviour

System runs without crashes

Other information
System is equipped with SSD, so I assume it's also a timing (race condition) issue.

[icarter09]

@Isolator70 have you tested this issue against other applications?

[Isolator70]

@icarter09 I did some further investigation and found another bug(s). My "reference" applications are

a.) Telegram desktop (manually "installed" into home directory) and
b.) GoldenDict from Mint's application center.

I choosed them because they (are able to) place an icon in system tray at startup.
My system has two user accounts, one of them is from type "Standard" the other "SystemAdmin" (Mint's standard settings).

Findings:

1. The behaviour seems to related on the tray icon of the application which is started via "Startup Programs". For the "Standard" user there is the problem described above 100% reproducible for Telegram, for GoldenDict it is not testable (Reason: Issue 2).
2. The behaviour if different for the "SystemAdmin" - here the tray icon doesn't even appear at 0s startup delay. This is valid for Telegram and Golden Dict! --> So this is another (new?) bug. To show the icon in system tray the startup delay has to be set to an value >0s (for Golden Dict it worked with 1s delay).
3. If I managed to show the icon with 1s delay, the cinnamon crash isn't reproducible on any of the two accounts.

My assumption is: There is at least one race condition regarding these tray Icon presentation. As you can see from my system description I'm using a SSD, so the system is quite speedy.

I can offer further support, but this is my productive system ;-)

[Dreyk007]

I have same error with Telegram and Linux Mint 19 (Cinnamon).

Also noticed, which is very connected with the timings. But, on the contrary, I have a very slow system on HDD. Now I'm trying to figure out how to fix it. The error appears randomly.

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[Isolator70]

For my systems (Mint 21.3 Cinnamon and 22.3 Cinnamon) issue was not seen anymore since a very long time.

I'm fine with closing the ticket.