compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

Bug #862972 reported by runnermule
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This bug affects 66 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
Critical
Jason Smith
Unity Distro Priority
Fix Released
Critical
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Jason Smith
Oneiric
Won't Fix
Critical
Jason Smith
Precise
Fix Released
Critical
Jason Smith

Bug Description

Attempting a screen capture to illustrate the appearance for another bug report. This time compiz crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.20.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 29 23:55:32 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcCmdline: compiz
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x86f1b3 <g_type_check_instance_cast+83>: movzbl 0xe(%esi),%edx
 PC (0x0086f1b3) ok
 source "0xe(%esi)" (0x0000100e) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: unity
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 BamfLauncherIcon::OnWindowMovedTimeout(BamfLauncherIcon*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (6 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video
XsessionErrors:
 (nautilus:1471): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_action_set_visible: assertion `GTK_IS_ACTION (action)' failed
 (nautilus:1471): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_action_set_visible: assertion `GTK_IS_ACTION (action)' failed

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runnermule (reg-launchpad) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast (type_instance=0xb26d6358, iface_type=166805456) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./gobject/gtype.c:3986
 BamfLauncherIcon::OnWindowMovedTimeout (self=0xb4cb4400) at /build/buildd/unity-4.20.0/plugins/unityshell/src/BamfLauncherIcon.cpp:310
 g_timeout_dispatch (source=0xb4c67ac0, callback=0x4704340 <BamfLauncherIcon::OnWindowMovedTimeout(BamfLauncherIcon*)>, user_data=0xb4cb4400) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/gmain.c:3907
 g_main_dispatch (context=0x978afe8) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/gmain.c:2441
 g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x978afe8) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/gmain.c:3011

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Critical
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Jason Smith (jassmith)
milestone: none → 4.22.0
status: New → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
visibility: private → public
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.22.0 → 4.24.0
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Experience Team (canonical-dx-team)
tags: added: rls-mgr-o-tracking
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
milestone: none → oneiric-updates
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Critical
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Experience Team (canonical-dx-team) → Jason Smith (jassmith)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.24.0 → 4.26.0
Changed in unity-distro-priority:
status: New → Fix Committed
Tim Penhey (thumper)
tags: added: bamf
Tim Penhey (thumper)
tags: added: udp
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.26.0 → 4.28.0
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.28.0 → 4.30.0
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Leo Iannacone (l3on) wrote :

Precise can be closed:
unity | 5.0.0-0ubuntu3 | precise | source, amd64, armel, armhf, i386, powerpc

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

@Leo, did you mean this bug is fixed in Precise?

tags: added: rls-mgr-p-trackingp ud
removed: udp
tags: added: rls-mgr-p-tracking
removed: rls-mgr-p-trackingp
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.30.0 → 5.6.0
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee: nobody → Jason Smith (jassmith)
milestone: none → ubuntu-12.04-beta-1
Tim Penhey (thumper)
tags: added: distro-priority
Changed in unity-distro-priority:
importance: Undecided → High
importance: High → Critical
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Tim Penhey (thumper) wrote :

We believe that this was fixed a while ago during some code refactoring.

Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

What about Oneiric backport?

Martin Mrazik (mrazik)
Changed in unity:
importance: Critical → Undecided
importance: Undecided → Critical
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
milestone: ubuntu-12.04-beta-1 → ubuntu-12.04-beta-2
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package unity - 5.6.0-0ubuntu1

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unity (5.6.0-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
      (LP: #862972)
    - compiz crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()
      (LP: #926793)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in gdk_pixbuf_get_width() (LP: #937421)
    - Unity causes ibus to not work correctly (spaces incorrectly placed)
      (LP: #880876)
    - Dash - update Dash keyboard shortcuts so the 'CTRL + TAB' switches
      between Lenses and 'TAB' by itself moves the focus between categories
      (LP: #891648)
    - HUD - closing a window with <Alt>+<F4> opens the hud (LP: #923410)
    - unity-applications-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in
      dee_sequence_model_free_row() (LP: #916356)
    - Launcher, Window Management - Launcher reveal should not be triggered
      when dragging a window (LP: #928805)
    - lenses are loaded on start, should be lazy loaded (LP: #929506)
    - Trash icon jumps about when trying to drag an icon onto it (LP: #932365)
    - HUD loses keypresses for the first second after opening (LP: #932906)
    - HUD doesn't give the focus back to the active application after dash/hud
      use (LP: #934061)
    - Launcher - unpinned apps show with empty pips in the launcher as if they
      exist on another workspace (LP: #937898)
    - Unity Dash should support Keywords parameter in .desktop (formerly X
      -GNOME-Keywords or X-AppInstall-Keywords) (LP: #941231)
    - Support FD.o Desktop Actions spec (LP: #942042)
    - Unity hangs when touching my touchpad/trackpad (LP: #942625)
    - [regression] Pressing alt doesn't show the menu title bar in top panel
      (LP: #943194)
    - Alt + F (or other mnemonic) doesn't work in gnome-terminal (LP: #943239)
    - [unity 5.6] Using Alt+F1 or Alt+F2 sends a ";3P" or ";3Q" to the active
      windows (LP: #943456)
    - [unity 5.6] holding alt and pressing a direction opens the alt-tab list
      in a buggy way (LP: #943902)
    - [unity-5.6] can't enter accents (^o->) in the dash since recent updates
      (LP: #944674)
    - Dash - Keyboard navigation for search filters is broken (LP: #844033)
    - Dash - If mouse highlights one icon in grid, keyboard navigation
      highlights another, so there are 2 highlighted icons (LP: #817436)
    - Alt+Tab default delay of 150ms is too long (LP: #888636)
    - Keyboard shortcut - F10 shortcut is used to show menu and this is wrong
      (LP: #878492)
    - Dash - Currently the app lens doesn't show applications that are
      available for purchase (LP: #916121)
    - Chromium is running, but not showing in launcher or alt-tab.
      (LP: #918474)
    - Dash - Different states of rating stars, and dimensions (LP: #924884)
    - alt-tab confused by a multiple instances of an application on different
      workspaces (LP: #925484)
    - Launcher - Icons are not colorized properly (LP: #930949)
    - Remove glow from Alt-tab edge and Search Field image assets
      (LP: #933578)
    - "Left Mouse Drag" and "Middle Mouse Drag" should be translatable
      (LP: #930510)
    - Launcher switcher...

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in unity-distro-priority:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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