Compiz core dumps in Intrepid

Bug #281696 reported by أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy)
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compiz (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

When I run compiz, I get this error:

Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1280x800) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I am running Intrepid Beta, and using nvidia-177 driver.

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أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) (aelmahmoudy) wrote :

I tried to run compiz.real from gdb, I got the following at crash:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0xb801b45d in XGetXCBConnection () from /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1

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أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) (aelmahmoudy) wrote :

Versions of compiz & libx11-xcb1 that I am using:
compiz-core 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu2
libx11-xcb1 2:1.1.5-2ubuntu1

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أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) (aelmahmoudy) wrote :

I also tried with nvidia 173 driver, still same problem.

I tried with each of those nvidia drivers:
nvidia-173-kernel-source 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu3
nvidia-177-kernel-source 177.80-0ubuntu1

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أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) (aelmahmoudy) wrote :

This problem has gone after I have upgraded to Jaunty beta.

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أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) (aelmahmoudy) wrote :

I think that some old xcb library had to be removed for that to work

Changed in compiz:
status: New → Invalid
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