compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc()

[Giana]

Binary package hint: compiz

It happened just this time at startup.
Ubuntu 9.10 with NVidia 185 drivers
Asus M50V

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,video,wall,snap,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,extrawm,fade,session]
Date: Thu Nov 5 15:28:31 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M50Vc
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz-core 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] [10de:06e9] (rev a1)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=91f5ad8d-0b8b-413b-8bba-1eb0c5eb0836 ro quiet splash quiet
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --sm-client-id 1010d96cf48bbe6228125743130814299300000027000029 --loose-binding move resize place decoration animation ccp
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x282bf2: mov %edi,0x4(%ecx)
 PC (0x00282bf2) ok
 source "%edi" ok
 destination "0x4(%ecx)" (0x08cab02c) in non-writable VMA region: 0x08cab000-0x08cac000 r--p None
SegvReason: writing VMA None
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 malloc () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
 xmlSAX2StartElementNs () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
Title: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare video
dmi.bios.date: 08/11/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 207
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: M50Vc
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr207:bd08/11/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnM50Vc:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnM50Vc:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: M50Vc
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.31-14-generic

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StacktraceTop:_int_malloc (av=<value optimized out>, bytes=<value optimized out>)
*__GI___libc_malloc (bytes=48) at malloc.c:3638
?? () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
xmlSAX2StartElementNs () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
?? () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

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[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.