compiz crash

[Francesco Visin]

Xorg crashes and sends me back to the login screen when using Alt+tab to switch between windows. This doesn't happen every time I do it, but quite often (once or twice a day).

Details of my system follow:

Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
Uname: Linux 3.17.0-031700-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Aug 25 10:03:12 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:054d]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-08 (473 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS L421X
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-031700-generic root=UUID=727c2222-f0ea-4ee7-afd9-626e5597fb5d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg crash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0X86WT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A13
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA13:bd12/07/2012:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL421X:pvrA13:rvnDellInc.:rn0X86WT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA13:
dmi.product.name: XPS L421X
dmi.product.version: A13
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Tue Aug 25 10:02:08 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 4158
 vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

[ 1907.968133] traps: compiz[2576] trap divide error ip:7f2b1b7038de sp:7fffe3e4c9d0 error:0 in libstaticswitcher.so[7f2b1b6f6000+20000]

[Lysenko Denis (pharmasolin)]

I'm using 15.04 as usual machine and i don’t see this issue at all. Do you still see this bug? If yes may be you can write more how to reproduce?

[N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux)]

Hello,

please try using an Official Ubuntu supported kernel and reproduce this problem.

    ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-031700-generic

Don't use mainline kernels, they are not supported and they are used only for testing specific kernel features/bugs..etc.

http://askubuntu.com/a/162617

Regards
NickTh

[Francesco Visin (fvisin)]

It is not happening anymore lately. It was probably solved by some updates.

For future reference, here are some details on my system that I think might be relevant.

uname -a
Linux fraptop 3.17.0-031700-generic #201410060605 SMP Mon Oct 6 10:07:09 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

apt-cache show compiz
Package: compiz
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 128
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1

apt-cache show xserver-xorg-video-intel
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 2774
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6

apt-cache show nvidia-current-updates
Package: nvidia-current-updates
Priority: optional
Section: restricted/misc
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates
Version: 304.128-0ubuntu0.0.1

[Lysenko Denis (pharmasolin)]

I had closed this bug, if you will see this happening again, please open it with more info.