Comment 43 for bug 1451613

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Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote : Re: [Bug 1451613] Re: Unity/compiz crashes when locking screen

Seems like the debug symbols are not correct installed. At this point I
think it's safer to revert the fix that causes this crash.

2015-05-31 15:56 GMT+02:00 Scaler <email address hidden>:

> I've updated packages (and installed unity-dbg) from ppa with debug
> symbols, then reboot. The backtrace is attached.
>
> ** Attachment added: "gdb-compiz-v3.txt"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1451613/+attachment/4407575/+files/gdb-compiz-v3.txt
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> Title:
> Unity/compiz crashes when locking screen
>
> Status in Unity:
> Confirmed
> Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Since a recent update (around April 29th), sometimes (approximately once
> a day) when I lock my computer screen (CTRL+L or using system menu) the
> computer freeze for a while (2 to 30 seconds) before showing the login
> screen.
> Then when I try to unlock the screen I need to enter my password twice
> (with no error message after the first try).
> Once logged in, all applications are closed. Uptime is still running
> (since no reboot) and services too (with no interruption).
>
> Looking at the apport.log file (see attached) it seems that when I try
> to lock the screen, compiz crashes.
>
> I've attached the compiz crash file too (_usr_bin_compiz.1000.crash)
> but without the 100Mo data of base64 core dumb…
>
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 AMD64.
> Graphics drivers: nvidia-331.113 (tested)
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