compiz crashed with signal 5 in Glib::exception_handlers_invoke()

[Hans Ginzel]

While upgrading 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 i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 304.43 Sun Aug 19 20:20:21 PDT 2012
 GCC version: gcc version 4.7.1 20120908 (prerelease) (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.1-8ubuntu1)
.proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev:
 Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
 on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
 requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
 drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
 corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 12 21:20:50 2012
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 304.43, 3.2.0-31-generic-pae, i686: installed
 nvidia-current, 304.43, 3.5.0-14-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.2.0-31-generic-pae, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-14-generic, i686: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [10de:0421] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:344c]
JockeyStatus:
 kmod:nvidia_current - nvidia_current (Proprietary, Enabled, Not in use)
 kmod:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 kmod:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 kmod:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P43-ES3G
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-14-generic root=UUID=a9fc09ad-3f82-4937-9f1f-0f70102c87cf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 Glib::exception_handlers_invoke() () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
 Glib::Source::dispatch_vfunc(_GSource*, int (*)(void*), void*) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
 g_main_dispatch (context=0x9e6ac38) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.12/./glib/gmain.c:2715
 g_main_context_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x9e6ac38) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.12/./glib/gmain.c:3219
 g_main_context_iterate (context=0x9e6ac38, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimised out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.12/./glib/gmain.c:3290
Title: compiz crashed with signal 5 in Glib::exception_handlers_invoke()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-12 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner video
dmi.bios.date: 08/23/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F14
dmi.board.name: P43-ES3G
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF14:bd08/23/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP43-ES3G:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP43-ES3G:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: P43-ES3G
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
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.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
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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