This is a rather old bug report now and there have been no new reports of this issue. It seems it's been fixed some releases ago, so I'm marking as such.
If this does still occur, we can either reopen this bug report or open a new one. ** Changed in: unity Milestone: 7.3.3 => None ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982384 Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in emit() from unity::launcher::Launcher::handle_dbus_method_call() Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I installed the ubuntu tweak and i set the "show desktop" and expo to the top left and bottom left corner. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Apr 15 17:04:44 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328) ProcCmdline: compiz SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0xb352c76d <_ZN5unity8launcher8Launcher23handle_dbus_method_callEP16_GDBusConnectionPKcS5_S5_S5_P9_GVariantP22_GDBusMethodInvocationPv+269>: cmp %edx,0x8(%eax) PC (0xb352c76d) ok source "%edx" ok destination "0x8(%eax)" (0x00000089) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)! SegvReason: writing NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: unity StacktraceTop: unity::launcher::Launcher::handle_dbus_method_call(_GDBusConnection*, char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*, _GVariant*, _GDBusMethodInvocation*, void*) () from /usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 ?? () 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 unity::launcher::Launcher::handle_dbus_method_call() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/982384/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp