gnome-shell assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-shell': free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000002f99250 ***

[Anass Eljondy]

I don't really know

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.10.2.1-0ubuntu1~saucy1 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3-staging]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-shell': free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000002f99250 ***
Date: Sat Feb 1 22:05:11 2014
DisplayManager: gdm
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true'
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'cursor-theme' b"'DMZ-Black'"
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-30 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=2, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f0bde91a240 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:199
 malloc_printerr (ptr=0x2f99250, str=0x7f0bde916205 "free(): invalid pointer", action=3) at malloc.c:4923
 _int_free (av=<optimized out>, p=0x2f99240, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:3779
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-shell assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-shell': free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000002f99250 ***
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Ubuntu GNOME (ug-bot)]

StacktraceTop:
 sigorset (dest=0x798, left=0x798, right=0x6) at sigorset.c:30
 __GI_qsort_r (b=0x798, n=1944, s=6, cmp=0xffffffffffffffff, arg=0x0) at msort.c:175
 malloc_printerr (ptr=0x2f, str=0x7f0bde9154c4 "malloc(): memory corruption", action=262144) at malloc.c:4927
 _int_malloc (av=0x2f99240, bytes=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3402
 ?? ()

[Angel Mesías Rendón Sánchez (seal-ov-belial)]

Every time I get this crash I'm in a workspace, trying to go to another workspace via Ctrl+Alt+Tab. The system reacts once I go to a TTY, and then I go back to the graphic mode.

[McDope (tobiasbaeumer)]

Happened for me right after "apt-get upgrade" (which upgraded only terminator today - no Gnome or X packages...)