gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()

[numkem]

When using gnome-shell --replace after having to kill gnome-shell because of a hard freeze

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.4.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 17 12:05:22 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20111003)
ProcCmdline: gnome-shell --replace
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-04 (13 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f73354ab59c "*** %s ***: %s terminated\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:201
 __GI___fortify_fail (msg=0x7f73354ab55b "longjmp causes uninitialized stack frame") at fortify_fail.c:32
 ____longjmp_chk () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/____longjmp_chk.S:90
 __longjmp_chk (env=0x7f72ec038490, val=<optimized out>) at ../setjmp/longjmp.c:40
 gray_find_cell (worker=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/freetype-2.4.8/freetype-2.4.8/src/smooth/ftgrays.c:481

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS reached End of Life in April. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and re-test. If the bug is still reproducible, increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

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