compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in GLScreen::GLScreen()

[Diederik van Lierop]

Brand new laptop, running Ubuntu 12.10 beta. Installed "current" nvidia drivers using software center and never managed to log in succesfully.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.43 Sun Aug 19 20:14:03 PDT 2012
 GCC version: gcc version 4.7.1 20120814 (prerelease) (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.1-7ubuntu1)
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Wed Sep 5 21:56:24 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 304.43, 3.5.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0578]
 NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 650M] [10de:0fd1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0578]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120904.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 7720
ProcCmdline: Compiz
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-13-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fcd438bd458: movzbl (%rdi),%eax
 PC (0x7fcd438bd458) 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, 5>::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()
UnitySupportTest:
 Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 5: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
 Error: GLX is not available on the system
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 07/13/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 04M3YM
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: FAB1
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd07/13/2012:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron7720:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn04M3YM:rvrFAB1:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 7720
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.38-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.905-0ubuntu3
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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