compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

[Blair Chasteen]

Installed ATI Catalyst Drivers rebooted and my desktop failed to load.. Well no desktop items, unity launcher.

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
Date: Thu Aug 23 21:54:44 2012
Disassembly: => 0x7f16dc0909c4: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f16dc0909c4
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-10-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series] [1002:9553] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff15]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120814.1)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A505
ProcCmdline: Compiz
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-11-generic root=UUID=a23e0838-8975-4f64-aff6-d63264957f98 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f16dc0909c4: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f16dc0909c4
 PC (0x7f16dc0909c4) ok
 SP (0x7fffb1837d00) ok
 Reason could not be automatically determined.
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
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Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 06/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: 1.40
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvr1.40:bd06/08/2009:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA505:pvrPSAP3U-01G00C:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Satellite A505
dmi.product.version: PSAP3U-01G00C
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.38-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
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~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1

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StacktraceSource:
 #0 0x00007f16dc0909c4 in ?? ()
 #1 0x00007f16dc3a7740 in ?? ()
 #2 0x0000000100000000 in ?? ()
 #3 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
StacktraceTop:
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version has reached EOL since a while, so it will not receive update. If that issue still exist, report again using ubuntu-bug.