compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in GLScreen::GLScreen()

[Jeremy Powell]

Crash occurred after upgrading to 12.10 beta

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.15-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 10 09:59:20 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-09-10 09:56:22,051 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.960, 3.5.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series] [1002:68b8] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device [1002:2543]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
JockeyStatus:
 kmod:fglrx - ATI Fire GL (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 kmod:fglrx_updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP45-UD3LR
ProcCmdline: Compiz
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-14-generic root=UUID=08da6c3c-93b3-4898-9549-5cbc7c25682e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fe86535c9c4: movzbl (%rdi),%eax
 PC (0x7fe86535c9c4) 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()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-10 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 04/22/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F11
dmi.board.name: EP45-UD3LR
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF11:bd04/22/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEP45-UD3LR:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEP45-UD3LR:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EP45-UD3LR
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120903.e1673d20.is.git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120903.e1673d20.is.git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu1
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 2:2.20.6-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1

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