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[not-a-question] lightdm-example-gtk-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in __strcmp_ssse3()

Asked by Loïc Minier on 2011-07-13

When selecting my user name on the lightdm login screen, I get a blank screen and can't login; the greeter has just crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm-greeter-example-gtk 0.4.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 13 15:44:50 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-example-gtk-greeter
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-example-gtk-greeter
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/false
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fd81462517a <__strcmp_ssse3+26>: movlpd (%rsi),%xmm2
 PC (0x7fd81462517a) ok
 source "(%rsi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%xmm2" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: lightdm
Stacktrace:
 #0 __strcmp_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/../strcmp.S:214
 No locals.
 #1 0x0000000000403dfd in _start ()
 No symbol table info available.
StacktraceTop:
 __strcmp_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/../strcmp.S:214
 _start ()
Title: lightdm-example-gtk-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in __strcmp_ssse3()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2009-12-07 (582 days ago)
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2011-08-13
Shanekpiper (shanekpiper) said : #1

With LightDM installed on boot up I have a blank screen and it hangs after battery check [OK], if I uninstall lightdm and use gdm, it hangs on the Ubuntu 11.10 text bootup splash. To login I have to drop to tty and 'sudo gdm' if I sudo lightdm I get a blank screen again.

marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : #2

Please consider to report a bug...

apport-bug lightdm

Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : #3

This question should be marked Invalid, as it was created by incorrectly converting valid (and rather active) bug 809890 into a question.

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