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: 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/1044100 Title: [background]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in cc_background_xml_load_xml_internal() Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I was looking at the Change Desktop Background dialog while updating ubuntu-wallpaper package. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Fri Aug 31 00:36:13 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center background SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f66bb2d6222: mov (%rax),%rdi PC (0x7f66bb2d6222) ok source "(%rax)" (0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%rdi" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libbackground.so ?? () from /usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libbackground.so ffi_call_unix64 () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 ffi_call () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 g_cclosure_marshal_generic_va () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: [background]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in ffi_call_unix64() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-25 (35 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 deja-dup 23.90-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.0.13-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 12.10.0-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1044100/+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