Trying to close totem that was just fullscreened by clicking X in the top left corner with fglrx driver on causes compiz assert failure: *** glibc detected *** compiz: malloc(): memory corruption: 0xa6d0fa18 ***

Bug #869544 reported by Aigars Mahinovs
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Bug Description

Compiz has crashed multiple times during the day for me now almost always soon after switching away froma fullscreen application and often when the mouse is near the left edge of the screen.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** compiz: malloc(): memory corruption: 0xa6d0fa18 ***
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,move,resize,gnomecompat,snap,grid,vpswitch,regex,place,imgpng,mousepoll,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,expo,workarounds,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Oct 7 00:44:52 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-04 18:25:20.662307
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-12-generic-pae, i686: installed
 vboxhost, 4.0.12, 2.6.38-11-generic-pae, i686: installed
 vboxhost, 4.0.12, 3.0.0-12-generic-pae, i686: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc Redwood PRO [Radeon HD 5500 Series] [1002:68d9] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:2293]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:fglrx_updates - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H55N-USB3
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic-pae root=UUID=31e76837-77ae-46a3-b388-51c8f4bc372a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: compiz
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: malloc(): memory corruption: 0xa6d0fa18 ***
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-04 (2 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers
XsessionErrors:
 (nautilus:2075): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_action_set_visible: assertion `GTK_IS_ACTION (action)' failed
 (nautilus:2075): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_action_set_visible: assertion `GTK_IS_ACTION (action)' failed
dmi.bios.date: 05/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F3
dmi.board.name: H55N-USB3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF3:bd05/25/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH55N-USB3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH55N-USB3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: H55N-USB3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Aigars Mahinovs (aigarius) 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 #863068, 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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