compiz causes synaptic to crash when calling synaptic from the panel

[mercutio22]

Binary package hint: compiz

The system crashes without apparent reason when synaptic or update manager is called from the gnome-panel for the first time, after inserting the super user password when compiz is the window manager. CRTL+ALT+BACKSPACE is useless. Changing tty as well. The only way out is a hard reboot.

This cannot be replicated when metacity is the window manager.

Xorg.0.log reveals an "AUDIT" error:

AUDIT: Sat Mar 14 13:08:47 2009: 5837 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( uid=0 gid=0 pid=6170 )
AUDIT: Sat Mar 14 13:08:54 2009: 5837 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=6179 )
  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
AUDIT: Sat Mar 14 13:08:54 2009: 5837 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=6180 )
  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
AUDIT: Sat Mar 14 13:08:54 2009: 5837 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=6181 )
  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

[mercutio22 (macabro22)]

A workaround is to trigger /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager in gconf-editor.

But thats is not nice. The metacity compositor "sux" according to crdlb in the #compiz channel.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[mercutio22 (macabro22)]

It no longer happens in Jaunty. Thanks!

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.