Compiz crashes - libwobbly.so

[pointydrip]

Window functionality decreases on a regular basis usually 5-30 minutes after boot.

Some of the following are symptoms I have experienced:
- It takes 2 or more clicks on one click buttons
- Different mouse graphics fail (Ex.: holding cursor over window borders), but the action can still be performed
- Ubuntu based windows respond slowly, such as GUi's from preferences and adding an item to the panel

File Browsing:
- Mouse scrolling works, but does not work once I've opened collapsible subdirectory
- Clicking on a collapsible subdirectory does not always work right away

In less frequent instances:
- Workspace switching does not work
- Gnome fails all together (Nothing responds to mouse clicks)

Indicators:
- I have done a clean install of Karmic twice and the issue was there each time
- It work flawlessly in 9.04
- When I first boot everything works fine w/apps that I have running all the time
it usually takes some time for the problem to develop
- Non-ubuntu GUI's are un-affected (ardour, jackd, gkrellm, cheese)
- I don't know what ubuntu-bug reveals to everyone (first time bug reporter),
but here are some relevant specs:

-intel i7 920
- 64-bit ubuntu
-12gb ram (I have not yet touched the ram configuration so It's probably only utilizing 4gb)
- nVidia GTX 280 with seperate x-screens

I will test the system out with different settings such as the visual effects levels,
it may take some time as I don't notice the bug when working in non-gnome GUI's.

Anything else that will help?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 22 14:57:55 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: meta-gnome2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64

[pointydrip (pointydrip)]

It appears this is a hardware issue. Both KDE and Xfce desktop had issues as well. I've done a clean install of ubuntu-desktop 9.10 and it still has problems.

[pointydrip (pointydrip)]

*Correction: RAM is now posted registering in system monitor as 7.8Gb of the total 12Gb installed on the motherboard

[pointydrip (pointydrip)]

The ATA bus error was corrected from the original dmesg. It was a bad connection and may have contributed to a number of issues including a bad ubuntu-desktop install.

I reinstalled ubuntu-desktop: waiting for results.

[pointydrip (pointydrip)]

Bug is still there. ATA bus problem was contributing to desktop instability.
Bug testing revealed a fairly specific processes to create a bug (I'm still working on recreating the afore mentioned symptoms):

-When I open a nautilus browser the mouse wheel serves to scroll up and down.
-As soon as I expand a collapsed menu the wheel functionality stops.
-I can still scroll the conventional ways.
- If my mouse leaves the window and comes back to it, I can scroll using the wheel again
- As soon as I interact with nautilus it stops working again

The following is the last line of dmesg consistant with each system boot:

[ 1992.736441] compiz.real[1803]: segfault at 2 ip 00007f38bed8b4a8 sp 00007fff02017290 error 4 in libwobbly.so[7f38bed85000+8000]

There is also a critical bug that makes all window loose their title bars and make gnome sluggish.
The following was the dmesg output from that instance (although I don't know how to recreate it yet):

[ 1127.684477] npviewer.bin[2411]: segfault at ff999ed8 ip 00000000ff999ed8 sp 00000000ffcef18c error 14

This is the pastebin for the entire dmesg:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/365377/

[pointydrip (pointydrip)]

It appears the compiz error in dmesg was due to a missing dependancy:

apt-get build-dep compiz
apt-get install --reinstall compiz compizconfig-settings-manager

The other glitches some of the other glitches are still present, but compiz doesn't crash anymore.

[pointydrip (pointydrip)]

Previous post was wrong.

In conclusion the compiz crash was dues specifically to libwobbly.so:

Disabling libwobbly in compizconfig-settings-manager makes compiz stable.

UNSOLVED:

1) libwobbly.so is unusable for me at this point (a nice feature that I find aesthetically pleasing)

2) compiz has a fatal crash at times, dmesg:

[ 1127.684477] npviewer.bin[2411]: segfault at ff999ed8 ip 00000000ff999ed8 sp 00000000ffcef18c error 14

..which I am unable to recreate

3) Nautilus still has some issues

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer.

If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable apport in /etc/default/apport and restart.

If you are using Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop environment - launch nautilus and navigate to your /var/crash directory and double click on the crash report you wish to submit.
If you are using Kubuntu or Xubuntu you can file the crash using /usr/share/apport/apport-qt --crash-file=/var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash in a terminal - where _my_crash_report.crash is the crash you would like to report.

I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

[pointydrip (pointydrip)]

Thanks for the info,
I'm new to the bug reporting process, but would really like to help. I
believe I have isolated some problems in the report as being unrelated to
the crash.
I will try to make my next report clearer and more concise.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or
> challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these
> instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can
> be dealt with by the automatic retracer.
>
> If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable
> apport in /etc/default/apport and restart.
>
> If you are using Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop environment - launch
> nautilus and navigate to your /var/crash directory and double click on the
> crash report you wish to submit.
> If you are using Kubuntu or Xubuntu you can file the crash using
> /usr/share/apport/apport-qt --crash-file=/var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash
> in a terminal - where _my_crash_report.crash is the crash you would like to
> report.
>
> I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will
> automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more
> efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.
>
> ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> --
> Compiz crashes - libwobbly.so
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511344
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “meta-gnome2” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Window functionality decreases on a regular basis usually 5-30 minutes
> after boot.
>
> Some of the following are symptoms I have experienced:
> - It takes 2 or more clicks on one click buttons
> - Different mouse graphics fail (Ex.: holding cursor over window borders),
> but the action can still be performed
> - Ubuntu based windows respond slowly, such as GUi's from preferences and
> adding an item to the panel
>
> File Browsing:
> - Mouse scrolling works, but does not work once I've opened collapsible
> subdirectory
> - Clicking on a collapsible subdirectory does not always work right away
>
> In less frequent instances:
> - Workspace switching does not work
> - Gnome fails all together (Nothing responds to mouse clicks)
>
> Indicators:
> - I have done a clean install of Karmic twice and the issue was there each
> time
> - It work flawlessly in 9.04
> - When I first boot everything works fine w/apps that I have running all
> the time
> it usually takes some time for the problem to develop
> - Non-ubuntu GUI's are un-affected (ardour, jackd, gkrellm, cheese)
> - I don't know what ubuntu-bug reveals to everyone (first time bug
> reporter),
> but here are some relevant specs:
>
> -intel i7 920
> - 64-bit ubuntu
> -12gb ram (I have not yet touched the ram configuration so It's probably
> only utilizing 4gb)
> - nVidia GTX 280 with seperate x-screens
>
> I will test the system out with different setting...