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Matlab causes compiz/X11 to freeze

Bug #814239 reported by Carlos Moffat on 2011-07-21

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Hello,

I use Matlab regularly, which uses its own JVM to provide a lot of functionality. For a while now, if I run compiz (using gnome classic), and I use a particular program in matlab which makes use of Java, all the windows on the desktop would lose its borders (suggesting a compiz crash), and sometimes I wouldn't be able to interact with the windows at all (the only solution is to reboot).

I'm afraid that because matlab is propietary, I can't provide you with a reliable way to reproduce this, but I can confirm that is not related to it shipping its own JVM: if I make matlab use the Sun JRE, the freeze occurs anyway. I've also noticed random freezes when leaving my computer unattended.

All the freezes go away if I run metacity instead.

All the best.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-02063903-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 275.19 Tue Jul 12 18:13:58 PDT 2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,crashhandler,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,place,snap,gnomecompat,workarounds,compiztoolbox,wall,session,regex,move,scale,imgpng,resize,grid,staticswitcher]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Jul 21 14:50:31 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 275.19, 2.6.39-02063901-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 275.19, 2.6.39-02063903-generic, x86_64: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation G94 [Quadro FX 1800] [10de:0638] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:062c]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T7500
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.39-02063903-generic root=UUID=45548f26-671e-413a-911d-2955aeb89863 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0D881F
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A05
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd05/27/2009:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT7500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0D881F:rvrA05:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T7500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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Carlos Moffat (carlos-eldiabloenlosdetalles) wrote on 2011-07-21:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (62.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (47.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (14.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (16.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (15.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GlConf.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (19.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (999 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (12.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (5.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (146.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (301.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (587 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (23.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (25.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (633 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (390.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (56.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (917 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Carlos Moffat (carlos-eldiabloenlosdetalles) wrote on 2011-07-25:

This appears in dmesg after the crash:

[347262.281940] unity-window-de[27571]: segfault at ffffffff ip 00007f02c37522b6 sp 00007fff64252f50 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6[7f02c36f2000+ed000]

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Carlos Moffat (carlos-eldiabloenlosdetalles) wrote on 2011-07-25:

And this also shows up in the terminal:

compiz (opengl) - Info: Couldn't bind redirected window 0x4400030 to texture

Sometimes this results in a freeze of X, sometimes only the loss of window borders.

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Carlos Moffat (carlos-eldiabloenlosdetalles) wrote on 2011-07-25:

A more complete log, if I restart with compiz --replace ccp

compiz (opengl) - Info: Couldn't bind redirected window 0x440022b to texture

(unity-window-decorator:27963): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_get_realized: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(unity-window-decorator:27963): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `<invalid>'

(unity-window-decorator:27963): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_emit_valist: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(unity-window-decorator:27963): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `<invalid>'

(unity-window-decorator:27963): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_handlers_destroy: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(unity-window-decorator:27963): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `<invalid>'

(unity-window-decorator:27963): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_handlers_destroy: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(unity-window-decorator:27963): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_get_realized: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(unity-window-decorator:27963): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance with invalid (NULL) class pointer