Ok, with some help from mterry who is able to reproduce this quite easily, it looks like we've determined that what happens is something in set_disable_w_typing() writes 0x0 to the %ebx register and doesn't restore its original contents (%ebx must be preserved by the callee as per the SysV i386 ABI).
As %ebx is used to hold the base address of the GOT on i386, the next call which goes via the PLT (which happens to be gdk_device_manager_list_devices) crashes when trying to read the address to jump to -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007588 Title: [mouse]: gnome-settings-daemon SIGSEGV in gdk_device_manager_list_devices@plt() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1007588/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
