plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in ply_event_loop_process_pending_events()

[maxstevens]

I had finished reporting a bug in Zsnes when this error popped. Perhaps it has to do with properly resizing the screen after Zsnes is exited.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu26
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 25 22:40:30 2011
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
ExecutablePath: /sbin/plymouthd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
MachineType: Acer, inc. Aspire 4720Z
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic root=UUID=96bd9721-b441-458f-9c9b-10c7bcecf3e1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcCmdline: /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic root=UUID=96bd9721-b441-458f-9c9b-10c7bcecf3e1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xeaa5b7 <ply_event_loop_process_pending_events+455>: test %ecx,0x4(%esi)
 PC (0x00eaa5b7) ok
 source "%ecx" ok
 destination "0x4(%esi)" (0x00000004) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: plymouth
StacktraceTop:
 ply_event_loop_process_pending_events () from /lib/libply.so.2
 ply_event_loop_run () from /lib/libply.so.2
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
Title: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in ply_event_loop_process_pending_events()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 02/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: v1.3808
dmi.board.name: Nestos
dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer, Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3808:bd02/18/2008:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire4720Z:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnNestos:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 4720Z
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc.

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #849414, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.