lightdm-example-gtk-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in __strcmp_ssse3()
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Robert Ancell | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Robert Ancell |
Bug Description
When selecting my user name on the lightdm login screen, I get a blank screen and can't login; the greeter has just crashed.
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 13 15:44:50 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/false
SegvAnalysis:
Segfault happened at: 0x7fd81462517a <__strcmp_
PC (0x7fd81462517a) ok
source "(%rsi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
destination "%xmm2" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: lightdm
Stacktrace:
#0 __strcmp_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/
No locals.
#1 0x0000000000403dfd in _start ()
No symbol table info available.
StacktraceTop:
__strcmp_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/
_start ()
Title: lightdm-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2009-12-07 (582 days ago)
UserGroups:
visibility: | private → public |
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: patch |
tags: | added: bugpattern-needed |
tags: | added: rls-mgr-o-tracking |
A workaround that I noticed in the duped bug.
Choose "Other..." and provide your user name and password. No crash, and it will successfully log you in.