compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in XmbLookupString()

Bug #1364904 reported by Chad Miller
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

In nornal desktop, I added fcitx as an input method, which gave me an onscreen keyboard toggle. I brought it up, and hit a few virtual keys. Compiz crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140812-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-12.18-generic 3.16.1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-12-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,snap,imgpng,move,animation,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,resize,grid,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,gnomecompat,vpswitch,place,expo,wall,fade,ezoom,session,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Sep 3 07:23:24 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: utopic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX 650] [10de:0fc6] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:2650]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-07 (118 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: MSI MS-7673
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-12-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f32c51391aa <XmbLookupString+10>: mov 0x40(%rax),%rax
 PC (0x7f32c51391aa) ok
 source "0x40(%rax)" (0x00000040) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 XmbLookupString () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
 nux::GraphicsDisplay::ProcessXEvent(_XEvent, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnux-graphics-4.0.so.0
 nux::GraphicsDisplay::GetSystemEvent(nux::Event*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnux-graphics-4.0.so.0
 nux::WindowThread::GetNextEvent() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnux-4.0.so.0
 nux::GetSystemEvent(nux::WindowThread*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnux-4.0.so.0
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in XmbLookupString()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 03/31/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V1.10
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P67A-C43 (MS-7673)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.10:bd03/31/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7673:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnP67A-C43(MS-7673):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7673
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140812-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.2.6-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.2.6-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu9
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep 3 07:17:48 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu9
xserver.video_driver: nouveau

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Chad Miller (cmiller) wrote :
information type: Private → Public
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Chad Miller (cmiller) wrote :

I can't seem to reproduce it now.

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 XmbLookupString (ic=0x286d7d0, ev=0x7fffc12aa470, buffer=0x0, nbytes=0, keysym=0x1b6c718, status=0x7fffc12aa448) at ../../../src/xlibi18n/ICWrap.c:401
 nux::GraphicsDisplay::ProcessXEvent (this=0x1b870f0, xevent=..., foreign=112, foreign@entry=false) at ./GraphicsDisplayX11.cpp:1713
 nux::GraphicsDisplay::GetSystemEvent (this=0x1b870f0, evt=evt@entry=0x7fffc12aa690) at ./GraphicsDisplayX11.cpp:1393
 nux::WindowThread::GetNextEvent (this=this@entry=0x1b6f600) at ./WindowThread.cpp:528
 nux::GetSystemEvent (window_thread=window_thread@entry=0x1b6f600) at ./MainLoopGLib.cpp:45

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Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Will Cooke (willcooke) wrote :

As part of the big bug clear up for 16.04 LTS I am marking this bug as Wont Fix.
These types of crasher are better handled by errors.ubutnu.com which can collate similar crash reports to help us identify persitent bugs rather than one-off crashes.
Sorry we are not able to help with this specific issue. If you are still experiencing this crash, please re-open the bug and add the tag "desktop-bugscrub-reopened". See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BigDesktopBugScrub for more information.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
tags: added: desktop-bugscrub-autoclosed
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