Unity

Unity crashes when opening dash

Bug #979946 reported by Owais Lone on 2012-04-12

This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Fix Released	Critical	Gord Allott
	unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Critical	Unassigned

Bug Description

Unity has started to crash on my Intel GPU laptop since version 5.8.0+bzr2278ubuntu0+677 (staging ppa). It segfaults as soon as I try to open the dash.

unity-panel-service: no process found
Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : unity
Adding plugins
Initializing core options...done
Initializing composite options...done
Initializing opengl options...done
Initializing decor options...done
Initializing vpswitch options...done
Initializing snap options...done
Initializing mousepoll options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing wall options...done
Initializing grid options...done
Initializing session options...done
Initializing gnomecompat options...done
Initializing animation options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done
Initializing workarounds options...done
Initializing scale options...done
compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture
Initializing expo options...done
Initializing ezoom options...done

(compiz:12578): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed

Screen geometry changed:
0x0x1280x800

Initializing unityshell options...done
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon.
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon.
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid cast from `BamfWindow' to `BamfApplication'
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 bamf_application_get_desktop_file: assertion `BAMF_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 Failed to fetch view type at /org/ayatana/bamf/application0xc57860: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application0xc57860
WARN 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity <unknown>:0 Failed to fetch view type at /org/ayatana/bamf/application0xc57860: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application0xc57860
ERROR 2012-04-12 20:17:56 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Setting Update "texture_filter"
Setting Update "sync_to_vblank"
Setting Update "texture_compression"
Setting Update "main_menu_key"
Setting Update "run_key"
Setting Update "toggle_handles_key"
Setting Update "launcher_hide_mode"
Setting Update "backlight_mode"
Setting Update "panel_opacity"
Setting Update "panel_opacity_maximized_toggle"
Setting Update "dash_blur_experimental"
Setting Update "shortcut_overlay"
Starting gtk-window-decorator
compiz (decor) - Warn: No default decoration found, placement will not be correct
compiz (decor) - Warn: No default decoration found, placement will not be correct
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Related branches

lp:~gordallott/unity/fix-uninitalised-view_variable

Merged into lp:unity at revision 2280

Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Approve on 2012-04-12

Revision history for this message

David Callé (davidc3) wrote on 2012-04-12:

The HUD is not affected by it.

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2012-04-12

Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Critical
status:	Confirmed → In Progress
assignee:	nobody → Gord Allott (gordallott)
milestone:	none → 5.12.0
milestone:	5.12.0 → 5.14.0

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2012-04-13

Changed in unity:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Critical
status:	New → Fix Released

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) on 2012-04-27

Changed in unity:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

Revision history for this message

Keivan Moradi (shayanmansuri) wrote on 2012-05-07:

I'm stuck in unity 2D. I can't login to unity. Reseting unity leads to this error

unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

searching the error in the google I found this bug

Revision history for this message

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2012-06-27:

Correction: Fix released in Unity 5.12, not 5.14.

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2012-06-27

Changed in unity:
milestone:	5.14.0 → none

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