This was fixed in 13.10: the code in the stack trace doesn't exist in indicator-sound anymore.
** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196230 Title: unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: crashed during boot ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-sound 12.10.2daily13.06.07-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jun 29 10:10:40 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-28 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130627) MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7fc6f39b2fec <g_type_check_instance_cast+28>: mov (%rax),%rdi PC (0x7fc6f39b2fec) ok source "(%rax)" (0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%rdi" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: indicator-sound StacktraceTop: g_type_check_instance_cast () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/indicators3/7/libsoundmenu.so g_object_unref () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/indicators3/7/libsoundmenu.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbusmenu-glib.so.4 Title: unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() 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/indicator-sound/+bug/1196230/+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