Same bug for me. After some searching and hair-pulling, the workaround at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1702253 results in a working version of Emerald. Attached is a working .deb created using checkinstall after following these instructions. GIT fetched and built today.
** Attachment added: "Working version of Emerald" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emerald/+bug/726229/+attachment/2101451/+files/emerald_0.9.4-20110430-1_i386.deb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/726229 Title: emerald crashed with SIGSEGV in decor_quads_to_property() -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs