It seems that you are still experiencing that bug (#805303), maybe it's a good idea to reopen it?
Some other people also get it with the patched version, see comments 69, 71, 73. And comment 62 suggests that this can happen because of calling putenv() in multi-thread application. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848808 Title: metacity crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall() Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “metacity” source package in Oneiric: Triaged Bug description: i was installing a package via metacity. I tried to install two packages simultaneously. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: metacity 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Sep 13 15:22:58 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/metacity InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) ProcCmdline: metacity ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash Signal: 6 SourcePackage: metacity StacktraceTop: __kernel_vsyscall () raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ?? () ?? () Title: metacity crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall() 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/metacity/+bug/848808/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

