unity_support_test crashed with SIGSEGV

Bug #929479 reported by Andreas Hasenack
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Bug Description

After today's precise update, all hell broke loose in the desktop. unity won't start, compiz crashes, nvidia-settings crashes. This crash report is just one of many that popped up.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nux-tools 2.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic-pae 3.2.5
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic-pae i686
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 Kernel Module 290.10 Wed Nov 16 19:27:25 PST 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.2-12ubuntu1)
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,gnomecompat,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,wall,snap,imgpng,vpswitch,regex,resize,place,move,grid,session,animation,fade,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Thu Feb 9 09:35:35 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current-updates, 290.10, 3.2.0-14-generic-pae, i686: installed
 nvidia-current-updates, 290.10, 3.2.0-15-generic-pae, i686: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [Quadro NVS 4200M] [10de:1057] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21ce]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120201.2)
JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: LENOVO 4177CTO
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-15-generic-pae root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb75ae216: mov (%eax),%esi
 PC (0xb75ae216) ok
 source "(%eax)" (0xffffe0b4) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%esi" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: nux
Stacktrace:
 #0 0xb75ae216 in ?? () from /usr/lib/nvidia-current-updates/libGL.so.1
 No symbol table info available.
StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/nvidia-current-updates/libGL.so.1
ThreadStacktrace:
 .
 Thread 1 (LWP 2739):
 #0 0xb75ae216 in ?? () from /usr/lib/nvidia-current-updates/libGL.so.1
 No symbol table info available.
Title: unity_support_test crashed with SIGSEGV
UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code -11:
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sbuild sudo
dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 83ET67WW (1.37 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4177CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr83ET67WW(1.37):bd11/28/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4177CTO:pvrThinkPadT420:rvnLENOVO:rn4177CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4177CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T420
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0~rc2-0ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0~rc2-0ubuntu5
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.3-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

Stacktrace:
 #0 0xb75ae216 in ?? ()
 No symbol table info available.
 Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further
StacktraceTop: ?? ()
ThreadStacktrace:
 .
 Thread 1 (LWP 2739):
 #0 0xb75ae216 in ?? ()
 No symbol table info available.
 Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further

tags: added: apport-failed-retrace
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote :

I disabled nvidia in the bios, reverting to intel graphics, and removed all *nvidia* packages. Now the desktop is back.

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