metacity crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()

[miked]

Binary package hint: synaptic

Lucid Lynx
Beta 1
10.04
Live Desktop CD
I tried to type "flash" in the search box, and got this crash, the second time I tried to type it in after restarting the program it worked o.k.
I have loaded the updates also:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 _Lucid Lynx_ - Beta i386 (20100318)/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 _Lucid Lynx_ - Beta i386 (20100318)/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports/universe Sources
Reading package lists... Done
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Could you please describe the crash you're experiencing and produce as much information as you can (more specifically which error message ?) Thanks.

[miked (miked11)]

root@LeftGuest:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
root@LeftGuest:~#

Beta 1 i386.iso
Lucid Lynx

The problem cannot be reported:

The program crashed on an assertion failure, but the message could not be retrieved. Apport does not support reporting these crashes.

I don't know why it crashes it was in my crash folder along with two other crash files.

[miked (miked11)]

Title: metacity crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()

root@LeftGuest:~# sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ddebs.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://ddebs.ubuntu.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/ma...

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for the crash files.

metacity crashes with the following assertion
 #4 0x006de78d in IA__g_assertion_message_expr (domain=0x80b1947 "metacity",
     file=0x80b1870 "core/prefs.c", line=2495,
     func=0x80b2941 "meta_prefs_get_workspace_name",
     expr=0x80b18b5 "workspace_names[i] != NULL")
     at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.23.6/glib/gtestutils.c:1329

affecting to metacity

crash 2 and 3 are bug 480055. Feel free to add comments there.

Thanks.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

[Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure)]

Bug 792999 in Oneiric seems somewhat similar to this bug (it's also a metacity crash, and also a SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()), though the stack traces (incomplete in both cases, at least so far) don't seem particularly similar.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for metacity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]