compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in GLScreen::GLScreen()

[carltonh]

On upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.16-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Sep 10 20:46:27 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-08-26 20:15:21,473 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-29-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.960, 3.5.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.960, 3.5.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI BeaverCreek [Mobility Radeon HD 6620G] [1002:9641] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:358b]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
JockeyStatus:
 kmod:fglrx - ATI Fire GL (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 kmod:fglrx_updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
ProcCmdline: Compiz
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-14-generic root=UUID=ad1034e3-3a05-48c2-a4fc-ae2b036077b0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f0eb32189c4: movzbl (%rdi),%eax
 PC (0x7f0eb32189c4) ok
 source "(%rdi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 GLScreen::GLScreen(CompScreen*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 PluginClassHandler<GLScreen, CompScreen, 5>::get(CompScreen*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 CompPlugin::VTableForScreenAndWindow<GLScreen, GLWindow>::initScreen(CompScreen*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 CompManager::initPlugin(CompPlugin*) () from /usr/lib/libcompiz_core.so.ABI-20120603
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in GLScreen::GLScreen()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-27 (16 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 09/02/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.02
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1805
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 33.19
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.02:bd09/02/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6NotebookPC:pvr0591110000204710000620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1805:rvr33.19:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0591110000204710000620100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120903.e1673d20.is.git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120903.e1673d20.is.git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.6-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1

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