Bug#1098315: gnome-calculator opens when starting from Gnome, then freezes

[Mike Haag]

Package: gnome-calculator
Version: 1:43.0.1-2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: ***@gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

1. When starting from Gnome, gnome-calculator opens, then freezes. Cannot enter
data. No controls operate.
2. Attempted to start from the command line to same effect, but with these
warning messages:

** (gnome-calculator:51429): WARNING **: 21:49:08.552: currency-
provider.vala:161: Couldn't download IMF currency rate file: HTTP/2 Error:
INTERNAL_ERROR

(gnome-calculator:51429): libsoup-WARNING **: 21:49:08.552: (../libsoup/soup-
session.c:334):soup_session_dispose: runtime check failed:
(soup_connection_manager_get_num_conns (priv->conn_manager) == 0)

(gnome-calculator:51429): libsoup-WARNING **: 21:49:08.552: (../libsoup/soup-
connection-manager.c:78):soup_host_free: runtime check failed: (host->conns ==
NULL)
Killed


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.9
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-30-rt-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-calculator depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.40.0-4
ii libadwaita-1-0 1.2.2-1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u9
ii libgee-0.8-2 0.20.6-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.74.6-2+deb12u5
ii libgtk-4-1 4.8.3+ds-2+deb12u1
ii libgtksourceview-5-0 5.6.2-1
ii libmpc3 1.3.1-1
ii libmpfr6 4.2.0-1
ii libsoup-3.0-0 3.2.2-2
ii libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1

Versions of packages gnome-calculator recommends:
ii gvfs 1.50.3-1
ii yelp 42.2-1

gnome-calculator suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Trevor Vance]

Package: gnome-calculator
Version: 1:43.0.1-2
Followup-For: Bug #1098315
X-Debbugs-Cc: ***@gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

* What led up to the situation?
Package: gnome-calculator
Version: 43.0.1
Severity: normal

As of Feb 24, 2025, gnome-calculator fails to fetch currency rates from
https://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/rms_five.xls, logging:

Feb 24 14:18:51 lenovo gnome-calculato[690038]: currency-provider.vala:161:
Couldn't download IMF currency rate file: HTTP/2 Error: INTERNAL_ERROR
Feb 24 14:18:51 lenovo gnome-calculato[690038]: (../libsoup/soup-
session.c:334):soup_session_dispose: runtime check failed:
(soup_connection_manager_get_num_conns (priv->conn_manager) == 0)
Feb 24 14:18:51 lenovo gnome-calculato[690038]: (../libsoup/soup-connection-
manager.c:78):soup_host_free: runtime check failed: (host->conns == NULL)

The IMF URL now returns 403 Forbidden (confirmed via curl), likely restricted
around Feb 24—earlier runs (Jan 14-Feb 18) had no errors. Depends on
libsoup-3.0-0 (3.0.7-2), which hasn’t updated recently; a Jan 13 libsoup2.4-1
update (2.74.3-1 to 2.74.3-1+deb12u1) might’ve tightened HTTP/2 handling
indirectly, but the IMF change seems primary.

Workaround: `dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/refresh-interval 0`.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set `dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/refresh-interval 7`
2. Run `gnome-calculator`
3. Check `journalctl | grep gnome-calculator`.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.9
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-30-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-calculator depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.40.0-4
ii libadwaita-1-0 1.2.2-1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u9
ii libgee-0.8-2 0.20.6-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.74.6-2+deb12u5
ii libgtk-4-1 4.8.3+ds-2+deb12u1
ii libgtksourceview-5-0 5.6.2-1
ii libmpc3 1.3.1-1
ii libmpfr6 4.2.0-1
ii libsoup-3.0-0 3.2.2-2
ii libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1

Versions of packages gnome-calculator recommends:
ii gvfs 1.50.3-1
ii yelp 42.2-1

gnome-calculator suggests no packages

[Colomban Wendling]

Package: gnome-calculator
Version: 1:43.0.1-2
Followup-For: Bug #1098315
X-Debbugs-Cc: ***@herbesfolles.org

Just reproduced this in a entirely fresh install with MATE, then
installing gnome-calculator. Same error messages, same everything.
Just to say it's unrelated to user modifications.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.9
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-31-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-calculator depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.40.0-4
ii libadwaita-1-0 1.2.2-1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u9
ii libgee-0.8-2 0.20.6-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.74.6-2+deb12u5
ii libgtk-4-1 4.8.3+ds-2+deb12u1
ii libgtksourceview-5-0 5.6.2-1
ii libmpc3 1.3.1-1
ii libmpfr6 4.2.0-1
ii libsoup-3.0-0 3.2.2-2
ii libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1

Versions of packages gnome-calculator recommends:
ii gvfs 1.50.3-1
ii yelp 42.2-1

gnome-calculator suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information