unity-panel-service crashed with signal 5 in g_malloc0_n()

[Coleman Kintop]

12.04 Precise

  Installed: 5.4.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 5.4.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 5.4.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I didn't expect anything to happen - this bug just popped up out of nowhere.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity-services 5.4.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,resize,obs,gnomecompat,vpswitch,water,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,regex,firepaint,grid,move,place,wall,animation,wobbly,session,fade,animationaddon,expo,ezoom,opacify,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Mar 3 10:55:42 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.911, 3.2.0-17-generic-pae, i686: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Redwood PRO [Radeon HD 5500 Series] [1002:68d9] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e142]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120218)
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: Acer Aspire Z5101
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=a1f350b4-b680-4189-9c39-ef41ff7b2816 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: unity
StacktraceTop:
 g_malloc0_n () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
Title: unity-panel-service crashed with signal 5 in g_malloc0_n()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 07/19/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P01-A2
dmi.board.name: Aspire Z5101
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 13
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP01-A2:bd07/19/2010:svnAcer:pnAspireZ5101:pvr:rvnAcer:rnAspireZ5101:rvr:cvnAcer:ct13:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Aspire Z5101
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2
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 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 g_malloc0_n (n_blocks=3072130722, n_block_bytes=8) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.18/./glib/gmem.c:381
 translate_axes (device=0x0, x=-70, y=-24, window=0x8af7d40, valuators=0x8c54c08) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.16/./gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-xi2.c:755
 gdk_x11_device_manager_xi2_translate_event (xevent=0xbfb7236c, event=0x8aa3678, display=0x8714800, translator=0x8704678) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.16/./gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-xi2.c:1171
 gdk_x11_device_manager_xi2_translate_event (translator=0x8704678, display=0x8714800, event=0x8aa3678, xevent=0xbfb7236c) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.16/./gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-xi2.c:945
 _gdk_x11_event_translator_translate (translator=0x8704678, display=0x8714800, xevent=0xbfb7236c) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.16/./gdk/x11/gdkeventtranslator.c:53

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Will Cooke (willcooke)]

As part of the big bug clear up for 16.04 LTS I am marking this bug as Wont Fix. These types of crasher are better handled by errors.ubutnu.com which can collate similar crash reports to help us identify persitent bugs rather than one-off crashes. Sorry we are not able to help with this specific issue. If you are still experiencing this crash, please re-open the bug and add the tag “desktop-bugscrub-reopen”. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BigDesktopBugScrub for more information.