unity SEGFAULT on startup

Bug #1201800 reported by Luigi
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Bug Description

up-to-date Ubuntu 13.04 with optimus card (intel & nvidia gt 640m)

What should happen:
Unity launches after entering password in ldm.

What really happens:

clickable desktop (with icons) appears without unity topbar or launcher

upon lauching TTY1, and running unity manually, unityshell segfaults

Thinking it was related to my video card, after tinkering the system for a few days, I ended up purging nvidia and bumblebee. I reinstalled nouveau and later replaced nouveau with nvidia-304 and bumblebee. The system works fine except unityshell that still segfaults, even after trying the one in daily ppa.

What info do you need to debug this?

Cheers
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.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CrashDB: unity
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: raring
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.7, 3.8.0-27-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-304, 304.88, 3.8.0-27-generic, x86_64: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:071a]
 NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 640M] [10de:0fd2] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-29 (78 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423)
MachineType: Acer Aspire M5-581TG
MarkForUpload: True
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.06.25~13.04-0ubuntu1 [origin: LP-PPA-ubuntu-unity-daily-build]
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-27-generic root=UUID=081c06b0-9c70-4029-a60e-6f932562598e ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
Tags: raring third-party-packages gnome3-ppa rc-7.0.0daily13.06.25~13.04-0ubuntu1 raring third-party-packages gnome3-ppa raring third-party-packages gnome3-ppa possible-manual-nvidia-install ubuntu
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 05/22/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.05
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: MA51_HX
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.05
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd05/22/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireM5-581TG:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnMA51_HX:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.05:
dmi.product.name: Aspire M5-581TG
dmi.product.version: V1.05
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.06.25~13.04-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Wed Jul 17 00:50:39 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
xserver.video_driver: intel

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Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

  apport-collect 1201800

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

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Luigi (luigi-peachovsky) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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