unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in g_signal_emit_valist()

Bug #847059 reported by Holger Knust
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Bug Description

I had just upgraded the system from the command line with sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and was about to restart the computer. When I tried to click on the Power On/off icon in the top right, I received the crash notification.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity-services 4.14.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sun Sep 11 10:01:16 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-08-26 06:52:00.319056
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-10-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-9-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-10-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-9-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04b8]
 nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0dd6] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04b8]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110804)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L702X
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=017bb51c-9d68-4616-8ad2-20e3260e969d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f92b37a3ca7: callq 0x7f92b378cfd0 <g_hash_table_lookup@plt>
 PC (0x7f92b37a3ca7) ok
 source "0x7f92b378cfd0" (0x7f92b378cfd0) ok
 destination "(%rsp)" (0x7fff38b7bfd0) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
 Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: unity
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
Title: unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in g_signal_emit_valist()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-11 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 07/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A12
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 0K4H3G
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: FAB1
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd07/22/2011:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL702X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0K4H3G:rvrFAB1:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L702X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.92+bzr2791-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu20
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Holger Knust (hknust) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

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 #829114, 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.

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tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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