compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in free()

[David R. Hedges]

Binary package hint: compiz

I've now experienced a number of crashes when applying settings or enabling/disabling plugins in compizconfig-settings-manager. I'm sorry, but I don't remember specifically what I was doing when this crash occurred.

Compiz 1:0.7.7+git20080807-0ubuntu10
Ubuntu 8.10

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
Package: compiz-core 1:0.7.7+git20080807-0ubuntu10
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --indirect-rendering core ccp
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/compiz/libobs.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/compiz/libobs.so
 ?? ()
 forEachWindowObject ()
Title: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in free()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-3-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
obsFiniWindow (p=0xa6f4780, w=0xa782488) at ../../plugins/obs.c:656
obsFiniObject (p=0xa6f4780, o=0xa782488) at ../../plugins/obs.c:685
finiObjectTree (object=0xa782488, closure=0xbf8f5710) at ../../src/plugin.c:422
forEachWindowObject (parent=0xa1fa8f0, proc=0x8071030 <finiObjectTree>, closure=0xbf8f5710)

[Gareth Hart (tghe-retford)]

I just had the same problem occur in Jaunty when I opened KMPlayer. The crash occured when the beam up effect was used as the window opened.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a valgrind log following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.