Have not experienced this also for a month or so, have downloaded many
updates so it seems to be fixed for me.
Mark it as fixed and we can see what else comes up in time.
Regards



2011/5/31 Loïc Molinari <email address hidden>

> Glibmm dispatches GMainLoop's sources inside an exception handler. The
> problem here is that a std::bad_alloc exception is thrown by a callback
> and GLibmm aborts the Compiz process.
>
> Going back 1.5 months back in the Unity code using bzr, I can easily
> reproduce that issue, but with the current code I wasn't able to
> reproduce it. I think this bug's been fixed by someone who modified the
> code throwing the std::bad_alloc exception. This bug hasn't received any
> update nor duplicate since more than 1.5 months.
>
> Shouldn't we mark it as fixed?
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (761492).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737792
>
> Title:
>  compiz crashed with SIGABRT in Glib::exception_handlers_invoke()
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: compiz
>
>  After i've installed my graphics driver the compiz crashed!
>  I installed the Nvidia's 3d experimental driver.
>  Thanks, the ubuntu 11.04 is becoming very bealtiful. Thanks very much!!
>
>  ProblemType: Crash
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu7
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.35-generic 2.6.38
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
>  Architecture: i386
>  CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
>  CompositorRunning: None
>  Date: Fri Mar 18 16:57:43 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
>  GraphicsCard:
>   nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9400 GT] [10de:0641] (rev a1) (prog-if 00
> [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Device [1acc:915f]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110301.7)
>  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110301.7)
>  MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
>  ProcCmdline: compiz
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=pt_BR:en
>   LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic
> root=UUID=5a0df536-0aab-4b4e-a65f-0a88abfaceeb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.35-generic 2.6.38
>  Renderer: Unknown
>  Signal: 6
>  SourcePackage: compiz
>  StacktraceTop:
>   Glib::exception_handlers_invoke() () from /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
>   Glib::Source::dispatch_vfunc(_GSource*, int (*)(void*), void*) () from
> /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
>   g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
>   ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
>   g_main_loop_run () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
>  Title: compiz crashed with SIGABRT in Glib::exception_handlers_invoke()
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
>  dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2009
>  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: 0402
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>  dmi.board.name: P5KPL-AM-CKD-VISUM-SI
>  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
>  dmi.board.version: x.xx
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
>  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0402:bd05/20/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5KPL-AM-CKD-VISUM-SI:rvrx.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
>  dmi.product.name: System Product Name
>  dmi.product.version: System Version
>  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu7
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6
>
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