unity-2d-panel assert failure: *** glibc detected *** unity-2d-panel: invalid fastbin entry (free): 0x097a6598 ***

[Alexander F. J. Mills]

Tried to begin a Unity 2D session, but nothing worked as it should. No applications displayed in the dash, and various artifacts appeared on the edges of the screen.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity-2d-panel 4.6.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** unity-2d-panel: invalid fastbin entry (free): 0x097a6598 ***
Date: Fri Sep 9 20:09:30 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-2d-panel
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
ProcCmdline: unity-2d-panel
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: unity-2d
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: unity-2d-panel assert failure: *** glibc detected *** unity-2d-panel: invalid fastbin entry (free): 0x097a6598 ***
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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