compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in GLScreen::GLScreen()

[Rainer Rohde]

Just crashed after logging in...

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Aug 23 18:47:48 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia, 304.37, 3.5.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:0fd4] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:2115]
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. G75VW
ProcCmdline: Compiz
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-11-generic root=UUID=101e89b3-9ce8-45e4-8936-c2e2af5ed5fa ro elevator=deadline vesafb.invalid=1 splash quiet nopat vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f4149d73458: movzbl (%rdi),%eax
 PC (0x7f4149d73458) ok
 source "(%rdi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 GLScreen::GLScreen(CompScreen*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 PluginClassHandler<GLScreen, CompScreen, 4>::get(CompScreen*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 CompPlugin::VTableForScreenAndWindow<GLScreen, GLWindow>::initScreen(CompScreen*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 CompManager::initPlugin(CompPlugin*) () from /usr/lib/libcompiz_core.so.ABI-20120603
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in GLScreen::GLScreen()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 06/15/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: G75VW.210
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: G75VW
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG75VW.210:bd06/15/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnG75VW:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnG75VW:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: G75VW
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.38+git20120814.3163cfe4-0ubuntu0ricotz
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.1~git20120822.bee2edbf-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.1~git20120822.bee2edbf-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.905-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99+git20120816.cdf522f5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.4+git20120822.ac6cb667-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

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StacktraceTop:
 GLScreen::GLScreen(CompScreen*) () from /tmp/tmpOvPOTq/usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 PluginClassHandler<GLScreen, CompScreen, 4>::get(CompScreen*) () from /tmp/tmpOvPOTq/usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 CompPlugin::VTableForScreenAndWindow<GLScreen, GLWindow>::initScreen(CompScreen*) () from /tmp/tmpOvPOTq/usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so
 CompManager::initPlugin(CompPlugin*) () from /tmp/tmpOvPOTq/usr/lib/libcompiz_core.so.ABI-20120603
 CompPlugin::push(CompPlugin*) () from /tmp/tmpOvPOTq/usr/lib/libcompiz_core.so.ABI-20120603

[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 944653, 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.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #944653, so 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.