Comment 27 for bug 944653

BTW here is my particular test case to reproduce the bug, it is rather different from other folks since I only experience the bug when I don't have the nvidia kernel module loaded, so here goes:

1. Make the nvidia module unavailable, eg: mv /lib/modules/3.2.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko ~
2. Reboot the machine and login
3. I immediately get the compiz segfault and cannot launch any windows, desktop is not responsive so I have to kill X and login in console mode
4. Install the proposed packages (compiz-core, compiz-gnome, compiz-plugins, compiz-plugins-default, libdecoration0, version 1:0.9.7.8+bzr3121-0ubuntu1) per instructions
5. Reboot the machine and login
6. I do NOT get the segfault, however compiz fails due to the nvidia module and relevant extensions not loaded (as expected), but I can launch (undecorated) windows... there is no crash and this verifies the bug fix for me!
7. Restore the nvidia kernel module in its place
8. Reboot the machine and login
9. Everything works properly