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compiz package

Compiz crashes when trying to enable desktop effects.

Bug #424463 reported by zztzed on 2009-09-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #422391: compiz.real crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall(). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

Using Karmic alpha 5, Compiz package version 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16, Xorg 1.6.3 and version 185 of the proprietary Nvidia driver, Compiz crashes shortly after launch, preventing desktop effects from being enabled. This is occurring on a Dell Inspiron 1520 with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7250, 4GB of RAM, and GeForce 8400M GS with 128MB VRAM.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/compiz.real: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0897e1a8 ***
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]
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Sep 4 12:45:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1520
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz-core 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0C68BF9E68BF84CC loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --loose-binding --replace 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): 0x0897e1a8 ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 07/11/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: 0KY768
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd07/11/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1520:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KY768:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1520
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.31-9-generic

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zztzed (zztzed) wrote on 2009-09-04:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (50.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (45.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (663 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (96.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (207.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (14.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (15.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (5.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (214.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (21.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2009-09-04: This bug is a duplicate

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.