plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in ply_trigger_add_handler()

[Jorge Noriega]

Binary package hint: plymouth

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 quantal (development branch)
Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3
Uname: 3.5.0-17-generic
Architecture: x64

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.27-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Oct 6 06:53:46 2012
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-logo/ubuntu-gnome-logo.plymouth
ExecutablePath: /sbin/plymouthd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64(20120926)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System Inspiron N7110
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=2db1d295-63ff-4a83-8d6a-31fff29ea57e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcCmdline: /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=2db1d295-63ff-4a83-8d6a-31fff29ea57e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f2ddf08aefb <ply_trigger_add_handler+43>: mov (%rbx),%rdi
 PC (0x7f2ddf08aefb) ok
 source "(%rbx)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rdi" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: plymouth
StacktraceTop:
 ply_trigger_add_handler () from /lib/libply.so.2
 ?? ()
 ply_event_loop_process_pending_events () from /lib/libply.so.2
 ply_event_loop_run () from /lib/libply.so.2
 ?? ()
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-text/ubuntu-gnome-text.plymouth
Title: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in ply_trigger_add_handler()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 02/22/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A12
dmi.board.name: 0FRK44
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd02/22/2012:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemInspironN7110:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FRK44:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System Inspiron N7110
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[John Winterton (jwinterton)]

Apparently Plymouthd did not exist properly, and this crash occured when I opened a console.

[Jeremiah Njoroge (jnjoroge)]

observed this crash on the Gnome version of 13.04