unity-window-decorator crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_dispatch()

[Markus Mueller]

Binary package hint: compiz

it died for no obvious reason

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz-gnome 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Mar 3 17:12:58 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-window-decorator
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/unity-window-decorator
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 g_main_dispatch (context=0x11e8d80) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:2440
 g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x11e8d80) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:3013
 g_main_context_iterate (context=0x11e8d80, block=<value optimised out>, dispatch=1, self=<value optimised out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:3091
 g_main_loop_run (loop=0x12df590) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:3299
Title: unity-window-decorator crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_dispatch()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors:
 (npviewer.bin:6617): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_display: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
 (file-roller:6877): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 draw_decor_list (data=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/compiz-0.9.4/unity/unity_window_decorator/src/decorator.c:686
 g_main_dispatch (context=0x11e8d80) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:2440
 g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x11e8d80) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:3013
 g_main_context_iterate (context=0x11e8d80, block=<value optimized out>, dispatch=1, self=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:3091
 g_main_loop_run (loop=0x12df590) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./glib/gmain.c:3299

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

Sam says that his fixed decorator fixes it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu4

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compiz (1:0.9.4-0ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low

  * Fix crashes in unity-window-decorator
    (LP: #724874, #728563, #728383)
  * Fix grid plugin not working with snap (LP: #716313)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:31:04 +0100

[Yuriy Voziy (yuretsz)]

Crash still occurs with Unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1
It seems that it can crash for no reason. Mostly I can receive this after running Skype or LibreOffice