compiz crashes soon after startup

[mdmcginn]

Began when I switched to Quantal beta. Started working yesterday, then stopped after today's upgrades. Unity taskbar freezes then disappears. Can open files but windows have no minimize/maximize/close buttons.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: compiz 1:0.9.8.2+bzr3377-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.24-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 23f9165fb5269142dfde45beba11cbff
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Sat Sep 29 04:32:55 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-09-23 07:12:51,565 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.2.0-31-generic-pae, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-15-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-16-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2582] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a08]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: HP Pavilion 061 PS500AA-ABA A824N
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=2d538d30-263b-48c6-9250-81f4004b1215 ro vga=789 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-23 (5 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/16/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3.18
dmi.board.name: Goldfish2
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3.18:bd02/16/2005:svnHPPavilion061:pnPS500AA-ABAA824N:pvr0nB1211RE101GOLDF00:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnGoldfish2:rvr1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: PS500AA-ABA A824N
dmi.product.version: 0nB1211RE101GOLDF00
dmi.sys.vendor: HP Pavilion 061
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.2+bzr3377-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu5
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~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.8-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu2

[mdmcginn (mcweb)]

Desktop icons disappear and reappear during startup. Clicking on the calculator in the Unity taskbar opens it up (without resize buttons) but makes taskbar disappear. Clicking on Chrome icon often makes all icons unresponsive;.Ctrl-Alt-Backspace starts the process again but doesn't fix it.

[mdmcginn (mcweb)]

Running "unity&" in a terminal starts it up again and lets me work. I'll see if I can still do that after I reboot.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer.

If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable apport in /etc/default/apport and restart.

Now open your file manager, navigate to your /var/crash directory and open the crash report you wish to submit.
If this fails you will have to open a terminal and file your report with 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash' where _my_crash_report.crash is the crash you would like to report. If you get an error that you aren't allowed to access this report you will have to file it with 'sudo ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash'.

I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

[robbie (roberto-tomas-cuentas)]

Im having this same problem and have apport enabled -- how can I locate the crash logs that have already been submitted by my computer?