Loading any Compiz-Extra plugins causes Compiz to segfault

[Will Farrington]

Binary package hint: compiz-extra

Steps to produce:
Load any of the compiz-extra plugins via GCONF.

Version:
0.3.6.1-0ubuntu1

Fix:
The plugin files in compiz-extra just need rebuilt against the current compiz packages in Feisty Fawn.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

I can confirm this, on amd64 with compiz version 0.3.6-1ubuntu10 and compiz-extra 0.3.6.1-0ubuntu1.

Furthermore, upon adding a compiz-extra plugin to the active_plugins gconf key, compiz gets locked into a cycle of crashing and being restarted.

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

I'm seeing this too (compiz-extra 0.3.6.1-0ubuntu1) ever since I upgraded to compiz 0.3.6-1ubuntu10...

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

ccing ubuntu-desktop effects to try and up the visibility of this bug.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Here's a debdiff to fix this: compiz-0.3.6-1ubuntu10 changed the ABI without bumping the version. compiz-extra just has to be rebuilt against the new compiz to work, and so we also need to bump the compiz dependency up to >= -1ubuntu10

[Matt LaPaglia (mlapaglia)]

i see this as well. if you uninstall compiz-extra, the "flickering" stops, and everything returns to normal.

if you restart the computer with compiz-extra on and desktop effects enabled, the gui fails to load.

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

fixed, thanks for your work!

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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:47:36 +1000
Source: compiz-extra
Binary: compiz-extra
Architecture: source
Version: 0.3.6.1-0ubuntu2
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Christopher James Halse Rogers (RAOF) <email address hidden>
Description:
 compiz-extra - extra third party plugins for compiz
Changes:
 compiz-extra (0.3.6.1-0ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Bump compiz dependency to 0.3.6-1ubuntu10 - the ABI was changed by this
     package.
   * The rebuild fixes LP #97661
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 5d385f7c8959d6cd64f6a7b93030c3c6 6029 x11 extra compiz-extra_0.3.6.1-0ubuntu2.diff.gz
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[James (chiisu81)]

Excellent! :)

On 4/1/07, Sarah Hobbs <email address hidden> wrote:
> fixed, thanks for your work!
>
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> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:47:36 +1000
> Source: compiz-extra
> Binary: compiz-extra
> Architecture: source
> Version: 0.3.6.1-0ubuntu2
> Distribution: feisty
> Urgency: low
> Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
> Changed-By: Christopher James Halse Rogers (RAOF) <email address hidden>
> Description:
> compiz-extra - extra third party plugins for compiz
> Changes:
> compiz-extra (0.3.6.1-0ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
> .
> * Bump compiz dependency to 0.3.6-1ubuntu10 - the ABI was changed by this
> package.
> * The rebuild fixes LP #97661
> Files:
> 108b278d32b0e9db2643c770868976fa 848 x11 extra compiz-extra_0.3.6.1-0ubuntu2.dsc
> 5d385f7c8959d6cd64f6a7b93030c3c6 6029 x11 extra compiz-extra_0.3.6.1-0ubuntu2.diff.gz
> Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <email address hidden>
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> ** Changed in: compiz-extra (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
>
> --
> Loading any Compiz-Extra plugins causes Compiz to segfault
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/97661
>