[Gambas-bugtracker] Bug #2016: run as root and gtk2 segmentation fault

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Bruce STEERS reported a new bug.

Summary
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run as root and gtk2 segmentation fault

Type             : Bug
Priority         : Medium
Gambas version   : Master
Product          : GTK+2 component


Description
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this app is a grub.cfg hack tool.

it can launch itself as root (or be launched as root) and also run as non-root in read-only mode.

It works in every instance all except gtk2 as root. then is segmentation fault.

gtk2 non root it works, gtk3 as root it works, but gtk2 as root no.


System information
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[System]
Gambas=3.15.90 f79472b1d (bruces-patched)
OperatingSystem=Linux
Kernel=5.4.0-58-generic
Architecture=x86_64
Distribution=Linux Mint 20 Ulyana
Desktop=MATE
Theme=crux
Language=en_GB.UTF-8
Memory=7952M

[Libraries]
Cairo=libcairo.so.2.11600.0
Curl=libcurl.so.4.6.0
DBus=libdbus-1.so.3.19.11
GDK2=libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.32
GDK3=libgdk-3.so.0.2404.16
GStreamer=libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.1602.0
GTK+2=libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.32
GTK+3=libgtk-3.so.0.2404.16
OpenGL=libGL.so.1.7.0
Poppler=libpoppler.so.97.0.0
QT5=libQt5Core.so.5.12.8
SDL=libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4
SQLite=libsqlite3.so.0.8.6

[Environment]
CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11
CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=ibus
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/mate.default.path
DESKTOP_SESSION=mate
DISPLAY=:0
GB_GUI=gb.gtk3
GDMSESSION=mate
GDM_LANG=en_GB
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=7852
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0
HOME=<home>
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8
LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI=qemu:///system
LOGNAME=<user>
MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/mate.mandatory.path
MATE_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
PWD=<home>
QT4_IM_MODULE=ibus
QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
QT_LOGGING_RULES=*.debug=false
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1
SESSION_MANAGER=local/<hostname>:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1144,unix/<hostname>:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1144
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHLVL=0
SSH_AGENT_PID=1234
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
TZ=:/etc/localtime
USER=<user>
XAUTHORITY=<home>/.Xauthority
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-mate:/etc/xdg
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=MATE
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/mate:/usr/share/mate:<home>/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/<user>
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XDG_SEAT=seat0
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=mate
XDG_SESSION_ID=c1
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XDG_VTNR=7
XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus