compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in geis_filter_delete()

[Alexander Sack]

unity doesnt start anymore. this crash seems related. happened when after running unity --reset as requested by didrocks.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libnux-2.0-0 2.8.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Mar 26 11:20:47 2012
Disassembly: => 0x251: Cannot access memory at address 0x251
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
ProcCmdline: compiz --replace
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvReason: executing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: nux
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in geis_filter_delete()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-17 (37 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

here what i see coming out of the unity --reset command:

asac@thinki:~$ unity --reset
WARNING: Unity currently default profile, so switching to metacity while resetting the values
unity-panel-service: no process found
Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : unity
Adding plugins
Initializing core options...done
Initializing composite options...done
Initializing opengl options...done
Initializing decor options...done
Initializing vpswitch options...done
Initializing snap options...done
Initializing mousepoll options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing wall options...done
Initializing grid options...done
Initializing session options...done
Initializing gnomecompat options...done
Initializing animation options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done
Initializing workarounds options...done
Initializing scale options...done
compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture
Initializing expo options...done
Initializing ezoom options...done

Screen geometry changed:
   0x0x1920x1080

ERROR 2012-03-26 11:28:52 unity.bghash BGHash.cpp:538 could not open file (/home/asac/.cache/unity/bgcachefile): Failed to open file '/home/asac/.cache/unity/bgcachefile': No such file or directory
error subscribing to gestures
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 963500, so it 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.