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gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()

Bug #945349 reported by John Phoenix
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
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Bug Description

I was opening a folder Ubuntu 12.04 beta1

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.2.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Mar 2 23:25:13 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f0661a56a1d <g_slice_alloc+477>: mov 0x8(%rax),%rbx
 PC (0x7f0661a56a1d) ok
 source "0x8(%rax)" (0x1d5fe30b2) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rbx" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_slice_alloc () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_slice_alloc0 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcogl.so.5
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcogl.so.5
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcogl.so.5
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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John Phoenix (phoenix-rising) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 g_slice_alloc (mem_size=104) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.20/./glib/gslice.c:987
 magazine_cache_pop_magazine (countp=0x50, ix=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.20/./glib/gslice.c:730
 thread_memory_magazine1_reload (ix=<optimized out>, tmem=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.20/./glib/gslice.c:794
 g_slice_alloc (mem_size=104) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.20/./glib/gslice.c:992
 ?? ()

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
visibility: private → public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS reached End of Life in April. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and re-test. If the bug is still reproducible, increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

I apologize that we are not always to respond to bug reports promptly. Do feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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