Compiz crashes randomly on Natty

[Sense Egbert Hofstede]

Binary package hint: compiz

I'm running an up-to-date installation of Natty and Compiz keeps crashing randomly. I'm using the default settings.

When restarting compiz on tty1 with the command 'compiz --display :0' you'll see the following error message after Compiz crashed again:

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<boost::bad_function_call> >'
  what(): call to empty boost::function

The crash seems to happen only when manipulating tables in OpenOffice.org, but I haven't confirmed that fully yet. The document I'm using is a ODT file converted from OOXML's docx, containing table parts that were originally created in Microsoft Word 2007.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-3.11-generic 2.6.37-rc1
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,move,resize,place,decoration,neg,commands,text,workarounds,imgjpeg,session,dbus,gnomecompat,mousepoll,png,vpswitch,mag,svg,regex,resizeinfo,animation,expo,snap,ezoom,wall,fade,scale,switcher]
Date: Sun Nov 14 12:50:57 2010
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] [10de:0622] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
ProcEnviron:
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 LANG=nl_NL.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
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 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 08/06/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0415
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
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dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
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system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.37-3-generic

[guisardo (ubuntu-lucasmrancez)]

This is happening to me too.
To workaround I use compiz --replace from a terminal.
I can confirm that OpenOffice.org is causing this issue.

[Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)]

Can someone attach a backtrace of this happening please?

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:11 AM, guisardo <email address hidden> wrote:
> This is happening to me too.
> To workaround I use compiz --replace from a terminal.
> I can confirm that OpenOffice.org is causing this issue.
>
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> Compiz crashes randomly on Natty
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675154
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[pablomme (pablomme)]

A sample .odt (or .docx etc) that produces this crash would be useful.

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

This bug is most likely a duplicate of bug #675506, therefore I'm marking it as such.