compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_datalist_lock()

[Xavier Fung]

This seems to be happened in a Guest session. Unity just gone away and come back. Apport comes up only when I switch back to a normal user account under Gnome Shell.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Jun 7 10:55:06 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 4.1.16, 3.4.0-3-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxhost, 4.1.16, 3.4.0-5-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GlAlternative: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 May 27 2011 /etc/alternatives/gl_conf -> /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29c2] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 530
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_HK:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_HK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-5-generic root=UUID=9f2f881b-9966-4543-8951-3769ba5eb747 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f6d27e570c8 <g_datalist_id_get_data+40>: callq 0x7f6d27e49bf0 <g_pointer_bit_lock>
 PC (0x7f6d27e570c8) ok
 source "0x7f6d27e49bf0" (0x7f6d27e49bf0) ok
 destination "(%rsp)" (0x7fff1d4b1000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
 Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 g_datalist_id_get_data () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_object_unref () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_list_foreach () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_list_free_full () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbamf3.so.0
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_datalist_id_get_data()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 03/01/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.12
dmi.board.name: 0K216C
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: ���
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: OEM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.12:bd03/01/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0K216C:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 530
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu3
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.34+git20120520.481234f2-0ubuntu0ricotz
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.1~git20120529.f92b2e5e-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.1~git20120529.f92b2e5e-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.2+git20120605+server-1.12-branch.aaf48906-0ubuntu0ricotz
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0+git20120504.f28507e8-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99+git20120606.77a056c1-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.19.0+git20120606.c433fb45-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20120605.aab58ee9-0ubuntu0sarvatt

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 g_datalist_lock (datalist=0x130a640) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.1/./glib/gdataset.c:219
 g_datalist_id_get_data (datalist=datalist@entry=0x130a640, key_id=67) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.1/./glib/gdataset.c:811
 g_object_unref (_object=0x130a630) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.1/./gobject/gobject.c:2948
 g_list_first (list=0x1) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.1/./glib/glist.c:838
 ?? ()

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version has reached EOL since a while, so it will not receive update. If that issue still exist, report again using ubuntu-bug.