The bug hasn't seen any activity in years and there has been no recent similar reports, the code also changed quite a lot since and it's likely the issue doesn't exist anymore. Closing, feel free to open a new report if you still get problems in recent Ubuntu versions
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => 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/830507 Title: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_is_value_type() Status in gnome-control-center: Expired Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: after login ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.1.4-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Aug 21 09:15:29 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110728) ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center display ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0xc76b75 <g_type_check_is_value_type+245>: mov (%eax),%eax PC (0x00c76b75) ok source "(%eax)" (0x8b08ec83) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%eax" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center StacktraceTop: g_type_check_is_value_type () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_value_type_compatible () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_object_new_valist () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_object_new () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_is_value_type() 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/gnome-control-center/+bug/830507/+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