compiz crash on login to Unity desktop

[Jamie Strandboge]

Binary package hint: compiz

Upgrading to 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu4, I can no longer login to the 'Ubuntu Desktop' without compiz crashing. When I login, I see the unity launcher briefly, then it goes away and I am left with only a background and a spinning cursor. ubuntu3 did not have this problem, but I did suffer from the 'menus behind applications' bug #690461 after a couple of hours of use which ubuntu4 was supposed to fix.

As a workaround, I can login to the 'Ubuntu Classic Desktop', start ccsm via Alt+F2, then enable the unity plugin. Subsequent logins via the Classic Desktop work fine (and start unity).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-9.23-generic 2.6.37-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
Date: Fri Dec 17 07:59:00 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 5129CTO
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-9-generic root=UUID=82571cfb-fdda-4d2f-b708-f8924aa0fe21 ro vt.handoff=7 quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3b1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
 libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: compiz
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6QET44WW (1.14 )
dmi.board.name: 5129CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET44WW(1.14):bd04/20/2010:svnLENOVO:pn5129CTO:pvrThinkPadX201s:rvnLENOVO:rn5129CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 5129CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201s
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.37-9-generic

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Attached is a crash report retraced with apport-retrace with the coredump stripped out. The original crash report was not formatted properly (it lacked the 'Package: compiz' field). If required, I can provide the original crash report.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Confirmed, compiz on the unity session crashes this way on login, which is weird is that the classic session with unity activated doesn't...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the change on http://launchpadlibrarian.net/60625863/compiz_1%3A0.9.2.1%2Bglibmainloop3-0ubuntu1_1%3A0.9.2.1%2Bglibmainloop3-0ubuntu2.diff.gz seems to workaround the crash but breaks the menu as a side effect

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu5

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compiz (1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu5) natty; urgency=low

  * Restore the workaround to avoid crashes (lp: #691561)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:08:43 +0100

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Before upgrading to compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu5, I tried the new 3.2.8-0ubuntu1 and libnux 0.9.12-0ubuntu1 and compiz still crashed.

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

Not fix released, readded my workaround.

[Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)]

Fixed with commit a1d3e2a8b7b1191c2388063aa59d26375ae05b61 in core

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu1

---------------
compiz (1:0.9.4-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Fix no windows receiving the focus if someone got the focus then was
      destroyed
    - Fix crash when resizing using keybindings
    - Fix unresponsive inactive decorations (LP: #703755)
    - Fix the long awaited gconf crash (LP: #691561)
    - gtk-window-decorator doesn't respect special decoration styles
      (LP: #290835)
  * debian/compiz-core.links,
    debian/source_compiz.py,
    debian/compiz-core.install:
    - install again a richer apport hook to redirect nux/libunity/unityshell
      crash. It also asks the user to redirect unity issues against unity (still
      incuding xorg info when needed)
  * Removed a bunch of patches either cherry-picked or pushed upstream. With the
    other fixes, the gconf workaround is hopefully not needed anymore.
  * refresh existing patches to still apply
  * debian/control:
    - rename dep on compiz-fusion* to compiz*
  * debian/patches/085_add_grid_plugin.patch:
    - refresh the grid plugin from new release
  * debian/patches/086_new_grid_defaults.patch
    - separate tweaking the default settings to only have the effect that were
      specified:
      top -> maximize, left (top or bottom left) -> window half left of the
      screen, right (top or bottom right) -> window half right of the screen,
      bottom -> do nothing
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:31:29 +0100

[Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman (fenris)]

can someone backport the compiz to maverick or i should use the ubuntu-desktop PPA ?

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

This particular bug should not have been happening in maverick as it was caused by timing issues with moving compiz to the glib mainloop. However, compiz in natty cannot be backported to maverick anyway because it is setup to be used with unity and for various other reasons that cannot be backported.

[Alessio Fattorini (alessio.fattorini)]

Same problem, with version: 1:0.9.4+bzr20110406-0ubuntu1

this is my syslog

Apr 7 14:41:00 alessio kernel: [ 319.120950] radeon 0000:02:00.0: R_000E50_SRBM_STATUS=0x200080C0
Apr 7 14:41:00 alessio kernel: [ 319.121948] radeon 0000:02:00.0: GPU reset succeed
Apr 7 14:41:00 alessio kernel: [ 319.161652] radeon 0000:02:00.0: WB enabled
Apr 7 14:41:00 alessio kernel: [ 319.200500] [drm] ring test succeeded in 1 usecs
Apr 7 14:41:00 alessio kernel: [ 319.200515] [drm] ib test succeeded in 1 usecs
Apr 7 14:41:00 alessio kernel: [ 319.200520] [drm] Enabling audio support
Apr 7 14:41:00 alessio kernel: [ 319.200547] HDMI hot plug event: Pin=3 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504074] radeon 0000:02:00.0: GPU lockup CP stall for more than 10000msec
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504083] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504139] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c:248 radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]()
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504146] Hardware name: HP Compaq dx2450 Microtower PC
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504151] GPU lockup (waiting for 0x000007CC last fence id 0x000007C9)
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504156] Modules linked in: parport_pc ppdev snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek binfmt_misc vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm radeon snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event ttm snd_seq snd_timer drm_kms_helper snd_seq_device drm psmouse snd serio_raw soundcore k8temp i2c_algo_bit snd_page_alloc i2c_nforce2 lp parport forcedeth sata_nv
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504209] Pid: 1454, comm: compiz Tainted: G W 2.6.38-7-generic #39-Ubuntu
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504214] Call Trace:
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504230] [<c104f912>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504266] [<f855b5da>] ? radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504300] [<f855b5da>] ? radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504309] [<c104f9e3>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x33/0x40
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504344] [<f855b5da>] ? radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504356] [<c106d290>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504390] [<f855be41>] ? radeon_sync_obj_wait+0x11/0x20 [radeon]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504408] [<f8375719>] ? ttm_bo_wait+0xd9/0x170 [ttm]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504423] [<f8377dc2>] ? ttm_bo_move_accel_cleanup+0x162/0x1e0 [ttm]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504459] [<f855c11a>] ? radeon_move_blit.clone.0+0x13a/0x1b0 [radeon]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504495] [<f855c3d5>] ? radeon_move_ram_vram.clone.2+0x105/0x120 [radeon]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504510] [<f83759f2>] ? ttm_bo_list_ref_sub+0x22/0x30 [ttm]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio kernel: [ 334.504549] [<f855c59a>] ? radeon_bo_move+0x1aa/0x1c0 [radeon]
Apr 7 14:41:15 alessio ke...

[Vlad (badfiles)]

here's mine

Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852017] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup CP stall for more than 10000msec
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852021] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852044] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c:248 radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]()
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852047] Hardware name: P5K
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852049] GPU lockup (waiting for 0x00009C15 last fence id 0x00009C11)
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852051] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib gspca_stv06xx gspca_main videodev joydev arc4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi lm63 snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi usbhid radeon ath5k snd_rawmidi hid ath snd_seq_midi_event mac80211 snd_seq snd_timer asus_atk0110 snd_seq_device ttm cfg80211 atl1 drm_kms_helper snd drm serio_raw soundcore i2c_algo_bit snd_page_alloc lp parport raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_pq raid6_pq async_xor xor async_memcpy async_tx raid1 raid0 multipath linear btrfs zlib_deflate libcrc32c
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852103] Pid: 2408, comm: compiz Tainted: G W 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852106] Call Trace:
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852114] [<c104f912>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852134] [<f84fc66a>] ? radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852147] [<f84fc66a>] ? radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852151] [<c104f9e3>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x33/0x40
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852165] [<f84fc66a>] ? radeon_fence_wait+0x2ea/0x350 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852170] [<c106d370>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852183] [<f84fced1>] ? radeon_sync_obj_wait+0x11/0x20 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852191] [<f82d7719>] ? ttm_bo_wait+0xd9/0x170 [ttm]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852198] [<f82d9dc2>] ? ttm_bo_move_accel_cleanup+0x162/0x1e0 [ttm]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852212] [<f84fd1aa>] ? radeon_move_blit.clone.0+0x13a/0x1b0 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852226] [<f84fd465>] ? radeon_move_ram_vram.clone.2+0x105/0x120 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852233] [<f82d79f2>] ? ttm_bo_list_ref_sub+0x22/0x30 [ttm]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852248] [<f84fd62a>] ? radeon_bo_move+0x1aa/0x1c0 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852256] [<f82d81c0>] ? ttm_bo_unmap_virtual_locked+0x50/0x60 [ttm]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852269] [<f84fd480>] ? radeon_bo_move+0x0/0x1c0 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852276] [<f82d82fd>] ? ttm_bo_handle_move_mem+0x12d/0x380 [ttm]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852291] [<f84fe930>] ? radeon_bo_move_notify+0x0/0x30 [radeon]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852298] [<f82d9195>] ? ttm_bo_move_buffer+0x125/0x140 [ttm]
Apr 18 22:51:12 vlad kernel: [ 685.852304] [<f82d79f2>] ? ttm_bo_list_ref_...