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gnome-shell package

gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in meta_clutter_init()

Bug #1426533 reported by Muelli
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This bug affects 19 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Shell
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Ubuntu GNOME
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Ubuntu GNOME wily "3.16"
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Expired
Critical
Unassigned
Nominated for Vivid by Alberto Salvia Novella

Bug Description

I have a really hard time getting ubuntu gnome running. For now, I need to sudo service gdm restart in order to be able to login.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.14.3-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-13.14-generic 3.18.5
Uname: Linux 3.18.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.16.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 27 20:37:04 2015
DisplayManager: gdm
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ExecutableTimestamp: 1420773729
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.shell.calendar' b'show-weekdate' b'true'
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150224)
ProcCmdline: gnome-shell --sm-client-id 10ed88d939acbb7f5d142506538585425500000048570000
ProcCwd: /home/muelli
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 meta_clutter_init () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0
 meta_init () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main (main=0x401cd0, argc=3, argv=0x7fffbd317108, init=<optimised out>, fini=<optimised out>, rtld_fini=<optimised out>, stack_end=0x7fffbd3170f8) at libc-start.c:287
 ?? ()
Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in meta_clutter_init()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Muelli (ubuntu-bugs-auftrags-killer) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1416774, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

information type: Private → Public
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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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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Chris S. (r-chris-2) wrote :

The bug #1416774 cannot be found. It must have been deleted. Removed duplicate flag from report.

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
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Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

Please:
  1. Report to <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/>.
  2. Paste the new report URL here.
  3. Set this bug status back to "confirmed".

Thank you.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
tags: added: asked-to-upstream
Tim Lunn (darkxst)
Changed in ubuntu-gnome:
milestone: none → wily
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in ubuntu-gnome:
status: New → Incomplete
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Andreas (andreas-rabus) wrote :

i got this after a full screen youtube video locked the computer, and ctrl-alt-backspace only resulted in an endless gdm restart loop (but no login) Only reboot (ctrl-alt-del) worked.
I got two more bug report from this incident.

Rahul (rahulshantagiri9999)
summary: - gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in meta_clutter_init()
+ gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in meta_clutter_init(
Bruce Pieterse (octoquad)
summary: - gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in meta_clutter_init(
+ gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in meta_clutter_init()
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Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

As 15.04 has gone End-Of-Life, is this bug still present in a non-EOL version of Ubuntu?

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. I apologize that we are not always to respond to bug reports promptly. Ubuntu 15.04 reached End of Life in 2016. 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.

Do feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

dino99 (9d9)
Changed in gnome-shell:
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for gnome-shell (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
Paul White (paulw2u)
Changed in gnome-shell:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in ubuntu-gnome:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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