compiz assert failure: *** glibc detected *** compiz: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00537ff4 ***

Bug #860120 reported by da
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Bug Description

Minimizing a program, in my case the chrome dev, when I want to maximize chrome, compiz crashed. It happens twice consecutive. The first time it crashed and the unity restarted. This second time, it doesn't restored. It happens with a higher frequency after the update of today.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.18.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** compiz: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00537ff4 ***
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:35:33 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
ProcCmdline: compiz
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: unity
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: compiz assert failure: *** glibc detected *** compiz: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00537ff4 ***
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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da (daduck10) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #750386, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

visibility: private → public
visibility: private → public
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
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