compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

[Chito Tuason]

upgraded from 14.10.. appeared during start up.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140812-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-14.20-generic 3.16.2
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-14-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: Unity
CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied
Date: Sun Sep 14 08:30:11 2014
Disassembly: => 0x0: Cannot access memory at address 0x0
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: utopic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxhost, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxhost, 4.3.6, 3.16.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310] [1002:9802] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:1096]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-19 (724 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. U270 series
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-14-generic root=UUID=f480f570-b82d-4bc7-ba50-a5611d6d12b3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x0: Cannot access memory at address 0x0
 PC (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed executable region)!
SegvReason: executing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: disk fuse libvirtd plex
dmi.bios.date: 12/30/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: E1245AMS.10K
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-1245
dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1245AMS.10K:bd12/30/2011:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnU270series:pvrE1245AMS.10K:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1245:rvrVer1.000:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: U270 series
dmi.product.version: E1245AMS.10K
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140812-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.2.6-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.2.6-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Sep 14 08:29:27 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1
xserver.video_driver: radeon

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