Comment 10 for bug 682499

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:27 AM, ks64 <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hernando: According to your backtrace, apparently now we know what's
> causing the crash: Somewhere in the Unity code, something is causing
> Compiz to experience a segmentation fault when enabling/disabling
> plugins. I would think it would be the fact that Unity's code conflicts
> with code with the other plugins in such a way as to trigger a SIGSEGV
> in Compiz.
>

Known issue, it is because the unity plugin does not disconnect some
signals and these cause sigc to freak out when the unity plugin gets
re-inited.

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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682499
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> Title:
>  Crash when enabling/disabling various Compiz plugins and that Unity plugin is enabled
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Triaged
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
> Trying to start Compiz with both Unity and Desktop Cube enabled causes Compiz to crash and leave me with no window manager.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.2.0-0ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-6.17-generic 2.6.37-rc3
> Uname: Linux 2.6.37-6-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
> Date: Sun Nov 28 14:37:40 2010
> GconfCompiz:
>  /apps/compiz/general:
>   /apps/compiz/general/screen0:
>    /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options:
>     vsize = 1
>     hsize = 4
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101127)
> InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101127)
> MachineType: Acer AOA110
> PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_US.utf8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.37-6-generic root=UUID=73e56a44-6013-4742-a230-b273e2a21784 ro quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-6.17-generic 2.6.37-rc3
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3b1
>  libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu2
>  libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
>  xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.0-1ubuntu1
>  xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
> SourcePackage: unity
> XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
> dmi.bios.date: 10/06/2008
> dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
> dmi.bios.version: v0.3309
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.vendor: Acer
> dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
> dmi.chassis.type: 1
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv0.3309:bd10/06/2008:svnAcer:pnAOA110:pvr1:rvnAcer:rn:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.name: AOA110
> dmi.product.version: 1
> dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
> glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.37-6-generic
>
>
>

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Sam Spilsbury