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: Confirmed => 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/1055881 Title: [background]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in update_chooser_preview() Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Had appearance properties opened to change the wallpaper. Click on System Settings on the dash launcher and a new instance of gnome- control-center opened...and crashed within seconds taking the appearance properties window with it. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 24 19:15:35 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120910) ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center background ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f7dc0c6160c: mov 0x48(%rax),%r14 PC (0x7f7dc0c6160c) ok source "0x48(%rax)" (0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf2) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%r14" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libbackground.so g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_signal_emit_by_name () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: [background]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 deja-dup 23.92-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.0.17-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 12.10.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1055881/+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