the bug is years old without activity nor new report and the code changed quite a lot since, closing, feel free to register new bugs if you have issues in newer versions though
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => 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/1216303 Title: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in _int_malloc() Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Crash occured when in "Appearance" section, holding down the mouse button to try and scroll up/down the list of wallpapers. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu31 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-3.8-generic 3.11.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-3-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Aug 24 14:35:32 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-19 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130819) MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7ffbfed4420d <_int_malloc+669>: mov %rbp,0x10(%r11) PC (0x7ffbfed4420d) ok source "%rbp" ok destination "0x10(%r11)" (0x0000003a) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)! SegvReason: writing NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center StacktraceTop: _int_malloc (av=0x7ffbff083740 <main_arena>, bytes=<optimised out>) at malloc.c:3424 __GI___libc_malloc (bytes=992) at malloc.c:2859 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 Title: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in _int_malloc() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu4 deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-unity 1.3daily13.06.14.1-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 12.10.3+13.10.20130822.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1216303/+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