compiz.real assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/compiz.real: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09f1b640 ***

[don hardaway]

Binary package hint: compiz

I just installed alpha 5 of Ubuntu and did an update and after rebooting i received this error.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/compiz.real: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09f1b640 ***
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,dbus,place,mousepoll,gnomecompat,move,resize,decoration,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,neg,video,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,extrawm,fade,session]
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 20.051146] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
 [ 20.051317] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 [ 25.436257] ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode
 [ 29.592077] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
 [ 30.157037] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Fri Sep 4 08:47:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro3,1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz-core 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic root=/dev/sda5
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --sm-client-id 103067ce11c473a99d125207198093574400000031310022 --loose-binding gconf core ccp
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0~git20090817.7c422387-0ubuntu3
 libdrm2 2.4.12+git20090801.45078630-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu1
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: compiz.real assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/compiz.real: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09f1b640 ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 03/05/08
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Mac-F4238BC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: PVT
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4238BC8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658:bd03/05/08:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4238BC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4238BC8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro3,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.31-9-generic

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #422391, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.