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compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesResultsController::Clear()

Bug #761211 reported by Michael Porco on 2011-04-14

This bug affects 17 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Fix Released	High	Mirco Müller	Unity 3.8.10
	unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

I attempted to change my theme to equinox dawn theme, however the application lens had trouble loading the faenza app icons. I switched back to ambiance default and the the crash occurred shortly after changing back.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.8-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 14 18:27:59 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
Segfault happened at: 0x1ea9cab <_ZN23PlacesResultsController5ClearEv+43>: mov (%eax),%edx
PC (0x01ea9cab) ok
source "(%eax)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: unity
StacktraceTop:
PlacesResultsController::Clear() () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so
PlacesView::SetActiveEntry(PlaceEntry*, unsigned int, char const*, bool) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so
PlacesController::OnViewShowHideFrame(PlacesController*) () 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
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesResultsController::Clear()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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lp:~unity-team/unity/unity.fix-761211

Merged into lp:unity at revision 1159

Unity Team: Pending requested 2011-04-19

lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu (Merged)

lp:ubuntu/natty/unity

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Michael Porco (mkporco) wrote on 2011-04-14:

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-04-14:

StacktraceTop:
PlacesResultsController::Clear() () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so
PlacesView::SetActiveEntry(PlaceEntry*, unsigned int, char const*, bool) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so
PlacesController::OnViewShowHideFrame(PlacesController*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so
g_timeout_dispatch (source=0xa1c42b8, callback=0x1e46b50 <PlacesController::OnViewShowHideFrame(PlacesController*)>, user_data=0x9e9c5a0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gmain.c:3882
g_main_dispatch (context=0x955bf48) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.5/./glib/gmain.c:2440

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-04-14: Stacktrace.txt

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-04-14: ThreadStacktrace.txt

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
tags:	removed: need-i386-retrace

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2011-04-15

visibility:

private → public

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2011-04-15

Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → High
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → High

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Alan Musnikow (am) wrote on 2011-04-17:

This occurred immediately after clicking on banshee to start it, immediately after logging in after turning on the laptop.

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) on 2011-04-18

Changed in unity:
milestone:	none → 3.8.10
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged

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Ralph Taylor (djnrrd) wrote on 2011-04-18:

This happened to me after attempting to load a suggested application (eclipse) from the unity launcher in the software centre

Mirco Müller (macslow) on 2011-04-18

Changed in unity:
assignee:	nobody → Mirco Müller (macslow)
status:	Triaged → In Progress

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) on 2011-04-19

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → In Progress

Gord Allott (gordallott) on 2011-04-19

Changed in unity:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) on 2011-04-19

Changed in unity:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-04-19:

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.10-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (3.8.10-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Application windows can sometimes fail to display and will mask regions
      of the screen (LP: #709461)
    - Launcher appears _under_ application windows (LP: #743834)
    - Unity Launcher Temporarily Appears Broken at Login (LP: #756951)
    - compiz crashed with signal 7 in g_file_get_uri() (LP: #728319)
    - Only with few windows (and one maximized) or Dodge active window - When
      re-focusing on maximised window Unity launcher does not hide
      (LP: #734681)
    - UIFe: Unity Dash button does not give adequate feedback (LP: #748676)
    - Focus problem with Thunderbird (LP: #753951)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PrivateWindow::updateStartupId()
      (LP: #759363)
    - unity places don't start up on login. (LP: #761225)
    - unity crashes when emptying trash twice (LP: #761643)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesResultsController::Clear()
      (LP: #761211)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PanelView::~PanelView() (LP: #761634)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in SimpleLauncherIcon::SetIconName()
      (LP: #763560)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesView::ConnectPlaces() (LP: #761942)
    - Intellihide stuck with in x=0 on the bfb (LP: #764643)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesView::OnResizeFrame() (LP: #763800)
    - unity crashed with GError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): Failed to
      contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or
      misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See
      http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed
      to get connection to session: Command line `dbus-launch
      --autolaunch=f0af37ac055f6f348acd417f00000008 --binary-syntax --close-
      stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: No protocol
      specified\nAutolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.\n) (LP: #753528)
    - Chromium fullscreen + Alt-TAB confuses the launcher (LP: #757434)
    - Cannot click on left-most indicator on panel if a non-indicator icon
      appears (LP: #761409)
    - vim.gnome window is invisible (LP: #719001)
    - Trash/ws switcher icon in unity resets to default icon theme on the
      event of a deletion or emptying the trash or after an upgrade
      (LP: #761289)
    - Incorrect keynav hilight/opened Quicklist without any request
      (LP: #764730)
    - indicator font does not update when changing font in Appearance
      Preferences. (LP: #759886)
    - In dash search filter drop box, black text is on a black background when
      item is selected (LP: #761201)
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:30:20 +0200

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.10-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (3.8.10-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

* New upstream release.
    - Application windows can sometimes fail to display and will mask regions
      of the screen (LP: #709461)
    - Launcher appears _under_ application windows (LP: #743834)
    - Unity Launcher Temporarily Appears Broken at Login (LP: #756951)
    - compiz crashed with signal 7 in g_file_get_uri() (LP: #728319)
    - Only with few windows (and one maximized) or Dodge active window - When
      re-focusing on maximised window Unity launcher does not hide
      (LP: #734681)
    - UIFe: Unity Dash button does not give adequate feedback (LP: #748676)
    - Focus problem with Thunderbird (LP: #753951)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PrivateWindow::updateStartupId()
      (LP: #759363)
    - unity places don't start up on login. (LP: #761225)
    - unity crashes when emptying trash twice (LP: #761643)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesResultsController::Clear()
      (LP: #761211)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PanelView::~PanelView() (LP: #761634)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in SimpleLauncherIcon::SetIconName()
      (LP: #763560)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesView::ConnectPlaces() (LP: #761942)
    - Intellihide stuck with in x=0 on the bfb (LP: #764643)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesView::OnResizeFrame() (LP: #763800)
    - unity crashed with GError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): Failed to
      contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or
      misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See
      http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details -  1: Failed
      to get connection to session: Command line `dbus-launch
      --autolaunch=f0af37ac055f6f348acd417f00000008 --binary-syntax --close-
      stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: No protocol
      specified\nAutolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.\n) (LP: #753528)
    - Chromium fullscreen + Alt-TAB confuses the launcher (LP: #757434)
    - Cannot click on left-most indicator on panel if a non-indicator icon
      appears (LP: #761409)
    - vim.gnome window is invisible (LP: #719001)
    - Trash/ws switcher icon in unity resets to default icon theme on the
      event of a deletion or emptying the trash or after an upgrade
      (LP: #761289)
    - Incorrect keynav hilight/opened Quicklist without any request
      (LP: #764730)
    - indicator font does not update when changing font in Appearance
      Preferences. (LP: #759886)
    - In dash search filter drop box, black text is on a black background when
      item is selected (LP: #761201)
 -- Didier Roche <didrocks@ubuntu.com>   Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:30:20 +0200

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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