After a partial upgrade (I think about 120+ software updated), rebooting and login, this error occurred. After this upgrade, I also cannot see any icons (eg, time) at top-right corner, don't know if it's a new setting or bug.
My system: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 $ apt-cache policy gnome gnome: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:3.0+1ubuntu1 Version table: 1:3.0+1ubuntu1 0 500 http://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862161 Title: check_gl_texture_size crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() Status in “gnome-desktop3” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Bug occurs in Unity2D session.. no more information . last update/upgrade 20110929 at 11.00 am ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: libgnome-desktop-3-2 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 29 10:59:46 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-desktop3/check_gl_texture_size InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110808) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gnome-desktop3/check_gl_texture_size ProcEnviron: SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x400872: mov 0xe0(%rax),%esi PC (0x00400872) ok source "0xe0(%rax)" (0x000000e0) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%esi" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-desktop3 StacktraceTop: ?? () __libc_start_main () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ?? () ?? () ?? () Title: check_gl_texture_size crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop3/+bug/862161/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp