The bug hasn't seen any activity in years and there has been no recent similar reports, the code also changed quite a lot since and it's likely the issue doesn't exist anymore. Closing, feel free to open a new report if you still get problems in recent Ubuntu versions
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1231403 Title: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in do_winsys_init() Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: unkown cause ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu38 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-8.15-generic 3.11.1 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 26 21:39:07 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-22 (96 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130621) MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center sound ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> PATH=(custom, no user) LANGUAGE=en_AU:en LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f537aeed549 <radeon_drm_winsys_create+185>: mov (%rax),%r8d PC (0x7f537aeed549) ok source "(%rax)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%r8d" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center StacktraceTop: radeon_drm_winsys_create () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/swrast_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 Title: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in radeon_drm_winsys_create() 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/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1231403/+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