compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV (multiple causes and hardware)

[Matthew Ross]

Binary package hint: compiz

I double-clicked the update manager icon (which notified me of new updates to download) in the menubar when suddenly compiz crashed. I've restarted the system twice since upgrading to the Ubuntu 8.10 beta. Running system on a dual-boot MacBook Pro (revision 1) with 2GB RAM.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: compiz-core 1:0.7.7+git20080807-0ubuntu12
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --indirect-rendering core ccp
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/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
Stacktrace: #0 0x08055bfc in ?? ()
StacktraceTop: ?? ()
ThreadStacktrace:

Title: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-4-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev video

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StacktraceTop:

[rcbonil (rolland-castillo)]

thanks

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

Hi,

original bug was posted: #287430. I am commenting here in parallel.

thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ apt-get source compiz-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
NOTICE: 'compiz' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at:
https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntu
Please use:
bzr get https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntu
to retrieve the latest (possible unreleased) updates to the package.
Need to get 1509kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main compiz 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 (dsc) [2068B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main compiz 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 (tar) [1464kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main compiz 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 (diff) [43.4kB]
Fetched 1509kB in 3min8s (7993B/s)
gpg: Signature made Fri 17 Oct 2008 14:03:04 BST using DSA key ID 5662C734
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
dpkg-source: extracting compiz in compiz-0.7.8
dpkg-source: info: unpacking compiz_0.7.8.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: applying compiz_0.7.8-0ubuntu4.diff.gz
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ bzr get https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntubzr: ERROR: Connection error: curl connection error (Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?))
on https://code.launchpad.net/%7Ecompiz/compiz/ubuntu/.bzr/smart
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ bzr get https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntubzr: ERROR: Connection error: curl connection error (Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?))
on https://code.launchpad.net/%7Ecompiz/compiz/ubuntu/.bzr/smart
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz-core[sudo] password for thomas:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
compiz-core is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libaspell-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libpanel-applet2-dev kernel-wedge
  clamav-freshclam liblualib50-dev libtext-glob-perl libdate-calc-perl
  clamav-base libcarp-clan-perl libclamav5 liblua50-dev asciidoc lua50
  libavahi-qt3-dev libswt-gnome-gtk-3.4-jni libfile-find-rule-perl
  libconfig-tiny-perl libartsc0-dev libswt-cairo-gtk-3.4-jni libvorbis-dev
  libnumber-compare-perl libidn11-dev libarts1-dev libbit-vector-perl
  libswt-mozilla-gtk-3.4-jni
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep compiz-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gnome-control-center-dev libgnome-window-settings-dev
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 126kB of archives.
After this operation, 250kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main gnome-control-center-dev 1:2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7 [61.5kB]
Get:2 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libgnome-window-settings-dev 1:2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7 [64.2kB]
Fetched 126kB in 29s (4320B/...

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

Hi,

original bug was posted: #287430. I am commenting here in parallel.

thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ apt-get source compiz-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
NOTICE: 'compiz' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at:
https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntu
Please use:
bzr get https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntu
to retrieve the latest (possible unreleased) updates to the package.
Need to get 1509kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main compiz 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 (dsc) [2068B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main compiz 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 (tar) [1464kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main compiz 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 (diff) [43.4kB]
Fetched 1509kB in 3min8s (7993B/s)
gpg: Signature made Fri 17 Oct 2008 14:03:04 BST using DSA key ID 5662C734
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
dpkg-source: extracting compiz in compiz-0.7.8
dpkg-source: info: unpacking compiz_0.7.8.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: applying compiz_0.7.8-0ubuntu4.diff.gz
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ bzr get https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntubzr: ERROR: Connection error: curl connection error (Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?))
on https://code.launchpad.net/%7Ecompiz/compiz/ubuntu/.bzr/smart
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ bzr get https://code.launchpad.net/~compiz/compiz/ubuntubzr: ERROR: Connection error: curl connection error (Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?))
on https://code.launchpad.net/%7Ecompiz/compiz/ubuntu/.bzr/smart
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz-core[sudo] password for thomas:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
compiz-core is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libaspell-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libpanel-applet2-dev kernel-wedge
  clamav-freshclam liblualib50-dev libtext-glob-perl libdate-calc-perl
  clamav-base libcarp-clan-perl libclamav5 liblua50-dev asciidoc lua50
  libavahi-qt3-dev libswt-gnome-gtk-3.4-jni libfile-find-rule-perl
  libconfig-tiny-perl libartsc0-dev libswt-cairo-gtk-3.4-jni libvorbis-dev
  libnumber-compare-perl libidn11-dev libarts1-dev libbit-vector-perl
  libswt-mozilla-gtk-3.4-jni
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep compiz-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gnome-control-center-dev libgnome-window-settings-dev
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 126kB of archives.
After this operation, 250kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main gnome-control-center-dev 1:2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7 [61.5kB]
Get:2 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libgnome-window-settings-dev 1:2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7 [64.2kB]
Fetched 126kB in 29s (4320B/...

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

I am fairly sure that this is a software conflict problem. I had previously broken my system with '$ cd ; sudo chmod -cR 777 . ; sudo chown -cR 1000 .'. This is not the problem now. All my permissions are correct. I have erased my previous partition and reinstalled with the latest (yesterdays rsync) and reinstalled my old programs with my aptoncd image (2 GB !!). I have enabled all logging options I could possibly activate with '$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -ap low'. I will attach all I consider relevant and/or those you ask.

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

    *

thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd ; uname -a ; apt-cache policy linux linux-source-2.6.27 compiz compiz-core update-manager aptoncd synaptic dpkg apt
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Linux thomas-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Wed Oct 22 00:29:18 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
linux:
  Installed: 2.6.27.7.10
  Candidate: 2.6.27.7.10
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.27.7.10 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
linux-source-2.6.27:
  Installed: 2.6.27-7.13
  Candidate: 2.6.27-7.13
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.27-7.13 0
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.6.27-7.12 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
compiz-core:
  Installed: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.93.29
  Candidate: 1:0.93.29
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.93.29 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
aptoncd:
  Installed: 0.1.98-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.1.98-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.1.98-0ubuntu4 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.1.98-0ubuntu3 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
synaptic:
  Installed: 0.62.1ubuntu10
  Candidate: 0.62.1ubuntu10
  Version table:
 *** 0.62.1ubuntu10 0
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.62.1ubuntu9 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
dpkg:
  Installed: 1.14.20ubuntu6
  Candidate: 1.14.20ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 1.14.20ubuntu6 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apt:
  Installed: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Candidate: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.14ubuntu6 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu intrepid - i386 (2008-10-21 06:52) DVD1] Packages
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$

I have since rebooted 1 time.

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ lspci -vvnn > ~/Desktop/lspci

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

My apt-cache index.

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

I can confirm further:

# 302595

# 289210

x-session-manager[7164]: WARNING: Application 'libcanberra-login-sound.desktop' failed to register before timeout

It seems like all my kernel crashes are related to this:

Nov 26 20:02:27 thomas-laptop kernel: [10136.116604] compiz.real[7196]: segfault at 2ac0184 ip 08055c8c sp bfdb3940 error 4 in compiz.real[8048000+34000]

I experienced the compiz bugs again with installing backports:

# 294667

[Efraim Karsh (efraimkarsh)]

Here (Core Quad U8200, GEForce 9500 GS, Jaunty updated, 2.6.28-7-generic) this crash seems clearly related to NVIDIA.

A possible correction seems to be
                   sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24
then
                   metacity --replace
and then
                  compiz --replace

which *seems* to give some stability (until next crash).

[spinstartshere (spinstartshere)]

I disagree, Efraim; my system contains only Intel hardware and the error I have been often experiencing is apparently the same as this one.

[treylaramore (treylaramore)]

i agree with JD - im on an AA1 with intel hardware - experiencing same problems.

[azandrew (azandrew)]

Agree with JD and Trey above - Sony Vaio TZ2500 all intel, no nvdia here either

[rich (foxtrot25m)]

HOLEY FUCK MAN IF YOU GUYS ARNT SMART ENOUGH TO TO FUCKING SEND BUG REPORTS
YOU DONT NEED TO ASK FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT ITS NOT MY DAM PROBLEM, IM NICE
ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BOTHER TO SEND THE BUG REPORTS AND WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS
THAT IS, SO LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO REPORT BUGS BUT
IF YOU INSIST ON SENDING ME THESE STUPID EMAILS THINKING I WILL HELP YOU
THEN FUCK OFF AND IGNORE MY REPORTS ALL I WILL DO IS SEND WHAT IT SEND IF
YOU WANT MORE DETAIL SET YOUR CRAPPY BUG REPORTER TO SEND YOU MORE FUCKING
DETAILS BECUASE

I

NEVER

WILL

GOT IT

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM, azandrew <email address hidden> wrote:

> Agree with JD and Trey above - Sony Vaio TZ2500 all intel, no nvdia here
> either
>
> --
> compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV (multiple causes and hardware)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277906
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “compiz” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> I double-clicked the update manager icon (which notified me of new updates
> to download) in the menubar when suddenly compiz crashed. I've restarted
> the system twice since upgrading to the Ubuntu 8.10 beta. Running system on
> a dual-boot MacBook Pro (revision 1) with 2GB RAM.
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
> NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
> Package: compiz-core 1:0.7.7+git20080807-0ubuntu12
> ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace
> --indirect-rendering core ccp
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/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
> Stacktrace: #0 0x08055bfc in ?? ()
> StacktraceTop: ?? ()
> ThreadStacktrace:
>
> Title: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-4-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev
> video
>

[marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra)]

Rich you can unsubcribe yourself from this bug clicking here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/277906/+subscribe

Thank you

[blablaa (blabla-dungeon)]

Hi guys,

My system was is basically unusable. (Except I work in text mode only)
It was veryyyyyyyyyyy sloooowwww.

The workaround, that I found was"
changing
Setting -> System -> Preferences -> Visual Effects
to 'None'

Now my system is usabe again.

However I would really appreciate a fix

[hype (hypeuser-lp)]

Opacity plugin crashes compiz when a tooltip appears.
See there https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/357910

[Joseph Chereshnovsky (joseph.chereshnovsky)]

Hi, guys.

My system is slows down in graphic mode too.

I have ATI Radeon HD3600 video card, but can't work comfortable with graphic desktop like it was in Ubuntu 8.10

The workaround, that I found was "changing
Setting -> System -> Preferences -> Visual Effects
to 'None'", like it was mentioned by "blablaa" above.

Also I've found the similar problem described here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186

[Joseph Chereshnovsky (joseph.chereshnovsky)]

Any progress on this?

I have upgraded to 9.04 from my 8.10

8.10 was great and it works stable and fast.

But after upgrading to 9.04 with xorg 1.6 the compiz freezes, some times crashes and always veryy slow.

There is some patch that was discussed here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186
to fix the compiz to work very slooowww.

But I'm not able to apply that patch as I'm not and compiling guru. Can anybody create the step by step instruction for this, because as I understand this problem affects EVERYONE on Ubuntu 9.04 with ATI graphic card.