This bug was fixed in the package gnome-control-center -
1:2.29.91-0ubuntu1
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gnome-control-center (1:2.29.91-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low
* New upstream version
- Appearance:
+ Add 'span' as a style for backgrounds
- Display Properties:
+ Now fits in 640x480
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
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gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in main()
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516189
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** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-control-center/ubuntu
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gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in main()
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516189
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I've just fixed this in bzr
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Fix Committed
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gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in main()
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516189
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Have been curing at reboot with
metacity --replace.
I don't have nvidia card, mine is:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300]
Tried changing theme and visial effects settings to no avail. Fine prior to
9.10 to 10.04 alpha2 upgrade.
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I was having a lot of problems with my graphics system.
And i was getting this error.
the problem (or one of the problems) was that compiz was not starting up.
so i added compiz --replace in list of startup applications and now everything
works well.
So the bug probably exists, but i cant
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gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in main()
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516189
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