gdmgreeter crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

StacktraceTop:main (argc=) at greeter.c:1305

xdm works.

AMD64, nvidia hardware, Jaunty. (Seems to be different from bug 331292).

xdm works.

0 0x000000000041ea8a in gdm_wm_screen_init (cur_screen_num=0) at gdmwm.c:118
 screen = <value optimized out>
 i = 35549984
#1 0x000000000040d41d in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fff3ddfa9c8) at greeter.c:1305
 bg_color = <value optimized out>
 hup = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x7fff3ddfa910, sa_sigaction = 0x7fff3ddfa910}, sa_mask = {__val = {140734231455960, 4131212846, 140734231455936, 0, 139840741856062, 0, 139840743889544, 1,
      0, 1, 139840673514178, 139840673071128, 139840676624896, 35304928, 4294967296, 139840743889544}}, sa_flags = 903844696, sa_restorer = 0x7fff3ddfa940}
 term = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x1a, sa_sigaction = 0x1a}, sa_mask = {__val = {53, 4131212846, 139840741855472, 139840673044852, 46, 64550200, 140734231455536, 140734231455960,
      139840673045352, 0, 139840743889544, 139840743930264, 4222889, 139840673096208, 4202200, 4294967296}}, sa_flags = 1995, sa_restorer = 0x7fff3ddfa78f}
 mask = {__val = {4222889, 35305504, 35305515, 139840649505209, 35305504, 139840649479992, 140734231455976, 140734231455968, 61267, 4096, 94660100, 57662254, 52853800, 48087040, 47561478, 4353680}}
 ctrlch = <value optimized out>
 error = <value optimized out>
 theme_file = <value optimized out>
 theme_dir = <value optimized out>
 gdm_graphical_theme = <value optimized out>
 gdm_gtk_theme = <value optimized out>
 sid = <value optimized out>
 r = <value optimized out>
 i = <value optimized out>
 key_string = <value optimized out>

Last update seems to have fixed this for me. But now have panel problems. Lost main menue . will file new report

Still not fixed for me.

Hum, now I get bug 331292. Weird.

Ignore my last comment. After retracing the crash it's still the same as in comment 4.

I spoke too soon Am still having this problem.

Me too. Thanks to mark stover for his workaround in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/331292.

The bug has been sent on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572387 now

what video driver are the people getting the bug using?

Vesa (with Nvidia G73M).

Using nvidia driver.

Using Nvidia 180.29

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+2.0 - 2.15.4-0ubuntu3

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gtk+2.0 (2.15.4-0ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/092_workaround_xrandr_issue.patch:
    - don't init new xrandr to workaround gdm crashing on some config
      (lp: #331324)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:56:54 +0100

Definitely fixed with the new GTK for me.

Thanks a bunch.

Fixed. Thanks!

Very impressive. Fixed after update. Nicely managed Sebastien!

newbies -steps to get the update:
get to the console (ctrl-alt-f1) and log in.
launch aptitude graphical package manager: "sudo aptitude"
hit "u" to search for updates (you have to be online - plug in a LAN cable if available)
hit "U" to mark all upgradeable packages
hit "g" to start the upgrade
When complete, log out and hit "ctrl-alt-f7" to get back to the login screen

The fix worked for me. There is a sound issue remaining on log out with the login splash.

Its moments like this where I love ubuntu! Bug fix within a matter of hours! Bless you all, Dave Stroud, Sebastien Bacher, Daniel Holbach etc etc etc..

From duplicate... fixed...

Thank you

Bug has been fixed but everything is working veeery slow.

Using Intel 945G as hardware,
lspci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
but as vesa because of a bug in xorg-intel.

Gdmgreeter problem solved for me after upgrade a few minutes ago.

Confirming here on Jaunty 32bit i386. Dropping to recovery console and running updates fixed login problem, but verifying Igor's comment above that system performance is SIGNIFICANTLY lower. Functionality is restored with new GTK but there is a large performance hit. Hopefully that will be sorted soon... let me know if any further info would assist.

After this "fix" to GTK, my system performance is ABYSMALLY slow. At least a 60% overall UI performance hit. Running Nvidia 180.29 (standard Jaunty repo packages) and the new "fixed" GTK as mentioned previously.

Is anyone else experiencing significant performance reduction? Multitasking is almost unusable.

the performance issue is not likely due to this change but to xorg changes rather