compiz.real crashed with signal 7 on login

[Thomas A. Gilchrist]

Binary package hint: compiz

using 8.10 beta of Ubuntu

compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4

I merely logged, invoked firestarter & Empathy. Got an immediate crash notification that "compiz.real" had crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: compiz-core 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --indirect-rendering core ccp
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 7
SourcePackage: compiz
Stacktrace: #0 0x000000000041024e in ?? ()
StacktraceTop: ?? ()
ThreadStacktrace:

Title: compiz.real crashed with signal 7
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare