compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_newv() from g_object_new() from g_volume_monitor_get() from unity::launcher::DeviceLauncherSection::DeviceLauncherSection() from unity::launcher::Controller::Impl::Impl()

[GregLee]

I was trying to log in to Unity 3D. I've crashed this way a number of times before -- it's repeatable. I've reported it several times. I've applied all updates to 12.04 as of 12 hours ago. Now, I'm logged in to KDE, since all Unity and all Gnome shells keep crashing.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libnux-2.0-0 2.10.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue Apr 17 05:48:15 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120201.2)
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: nux
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so
 g_object_newv () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_object_new () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_volume_monitor_get () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
 unity::launcher::DeviceLauncherSection::DeviceLauncherSection() () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_newv()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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StacktraceTop:
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Thank you for your report!

However, processing it in order to get sufficient information for the
developers failed (it does not generate a useful symbolic stack trace). This
might be caused by some outdated packages which were installed on your system
at the time of the report:

fontconfig version 2.8.0-3ubuntu8 required, but 2.8.0-3ubuntu9 is available
fontconfig-config version 2.8.0-3ubuntu8 required, but 2.8.0-3ubuntu9 is available
libpango1.0-0 version 1.30.0-0ubuntu1 required, but 1.30.0-0ubuntu2 is available
libfontconfig1 version 2.8.0-3ubuntu8 required, but 2.8.0-3ubuntu9 is available

Please upgrade your system to the latest package versions. If you still
encounter the crash, please file a new report.

Thank you for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience!

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

The stack trace is readable in comment #1.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Christopher Townsend (townsend)]

This is a rather old bug and the crash has not been reported in a very log time. It seems this has been fixed some releases ago and as such, marking Fix Released.

If it does still occur, then we can either reopen this bug or open a new one.