detect crashes at startup or early and enable "safe mode" so if you hit

src/bin/e_main.c

@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
    int i;
    int nostartup = 0;
    int after_restart = 0; 
+   int safe_mode = 0;
    char buf[PATH_MAX];
    char *s;
    struct sigaction action;
+   double t, tstart;
    /* trap deadly bug signals and allow some form of sane recovery */
    /* or ability to gdb attach and debug at this point - better than your */
    /* wm/desktop vanishing and not knowing what happened */
@@ -92,6 +94,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
    sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
    sigaction(SIGABRT, &action, NULL);
 
+   t = ecore_time_get();
+   s = getenv("START_TIME");
+   if ((s) && (getenv("CRASHED")))
+     {
+	tstart = atof(s);
+	if ((t - tstart) < 5.0)
+	  {
+	     safe_mode = 1;
+	  }
+     }
+   e_util_env_set("CRASHED", NULL);
+   
+   tstart = t;
+   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%1.1f", tstart);
+   e_util_env_set("START_TIME", buf);
+   
    /* FIXME: this is the init code for letting e be relocatable. right now
     * its not used - so i want to see if it can reliably determine its exe
     * prefix
@@ -296,7 +314,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			       "Perhaps you are out of memory?"));
 	_e_main_shutdown(-1);
      }
-   if(!ecore_event_handler_add(ECORE_EVENT_SIGNAL_HUP, _e_main_cb_signal_hup, NULL))
+   if (!ecore_event_handler_add(ECORE_EVENT_SIGNAL_HUP, _e_main_cb_signal_hup, NULL))
      {
 	e_error_message_show(_("Enlightenment cannot set up a HUP signal handler.\n"
 			       "Perhaps you are out of memory?"));
@@ -314,7 +332,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	_e_main_shutdown(-1);
      }
    _e_main_shutdown_push(_e_main_x_shutdown);
-   /* init x */
+   /* init white box of death alert */
    if (!e_alert_init(NULL))
      {
 	e_error_message_show(_("Enlightenment cannot initialize its emergency alert system.\n"
@@ -374,6 +392,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			       "Ecore and check they support the Software Buffer rendering engine."));
 	_e_main_shutdown(-1);
      }
+   
      {
 	Ecore_Evas *ee;
 	Evas_Object *im;
@@ -599,6 +618,21 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	_e_main_shutdown(-1);
      }
    _e_main_shutdown_push(e_color_class_shutdown);
+   /* load modules */
+   if (!safe_mode)
+     e_module_all_load();
+   else
+     {
+	e_int_config_modules(e_container_current_get(e_manager_current_get()));
+	e_error_message_show
+	  (_("Enlightenment crashed early on start and has<br>"
+	     "been restarted. All modules have been disabled<br>"
+	     "and will not be loaded to help remove any problem<br>"
+	     "modules from your configuration. The module<br>"
+	     "configuration dialog should let you select your<br>"
+	     "modules again."));
+	e_config_save_queue();
+     }
    /* setup gadcon */
    if (!e_gadcon_init())
      {

src/bin/e_module.c

@@ -34,6 +34,33 @@ static Evas_List *_e_modules = NULL;
 /* externally accessible functions */
 EAPI int
 e_module_init(void)
+{
+   return 1;
+}
+
+EAPI int
+e_module_shutdown(void)
+{
+   Evas_List *l, *tmp;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND
+   /* do a leak check now before we dlclose() all those plugins, cause
+    * that means we won't get a decent backtrace to leaks in there
+    */
+   VALGRIND_DO_LEAK_CHECK
+#endif
+
+   for (l = _e_modules; l;)
+     {
+	tmp = l;
+	l = l->next;
+	e_object_del(E_OBJECT(tmp->data));
+     }
+   return 1;
+}
+
+EAPI void
+e_module_all_load(void)
 {
    Evas_List *pl = NULL, *l;
    
@@ -59,29 +86,6 @@ e_module_init(void)
 	     e_config_save_queue();
 	  }
      }
-   
-   return 1;
-}
-
-EAPI int
-e_module_shutdown(void)
-{
-   Evas_List *l, *tmp;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND
-   /* do a leak check now before we dlclose() all those plugins, cause
-    * that means we won't get a decent backtrace to leaks in there
-    */
-   VALGRIND_DO_LEAK_CHECK
-#endif
-
-   for (l = _e_modules; l;)
-     {
-	tmp = l;
-	l = l->next;
-	e_object_del(E_OBJECT(tmp->data));
-     }
-   return 1;
 }
 
 EAPI E_Module *

src/bin/e_module.h

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct _E_Module_Api
 EAPI int          e_module_init(void);
 EAPI int          e_module_shutdown(void);
 
+EAPI void         e_module_all_load(void);
 EAPI E_Module    *e_module_new(const char *name);
 EAPI int          e_module_save(E_Module *m);
 EAPI const char  *e_module_dir_get(E_Module *m);

src/bin/e_signals.c

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ e_sigseg_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
+   e_util_env_set("CRASHED", "SEGV");
    e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has segfaulted.\n"
 		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of a\n"
 		"bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies on.\n"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ e_sigseg_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
+   e_util_env_set("CRASHED", "SEGV");
    e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has segfaulted.\n"
 		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of a\n"
 		"bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies on.\n"
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ e_sigill_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
+   e_util_env_set("CRASHED", "ILL");
    e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has executed and illegal\n"
 		"instruction. This is most likely because Enlightenment or\n"
 		"a library it depends on has been compiled for a CPU type\n"
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ e_sigfpe_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
+   e_util_env_set("CRASHED", "FPE");
    e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has recieved a floating\n"
 		"point exception. This is probably due to a divide by 0\n"
 		"in Enlightenment or a library it depends on.\n"
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ e_sigbus_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
+   e_util_env_set("CRASHED", "BUS");
    e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has recieved a bus error.\n"
 		"This could be for many reasons - accessing memory not in\n"
 		"its available address space or unable to be paged in.\n"
@@ -152,6 +157,7 @@ e_sigabrt_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
+   e_util_env_set("CRASHED", "ABRT");
    e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has recieved an abort.\n"
 		"This could be for many reasons - accessing memory not in\n"
 		"its available address space or unable to be paged in.\n"