In order to make a backtrace I looked at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace, but I cannot work out how to start compiz under gdb. I went into the Appearance setting and changed 'Visual Effects' to 'None' and then tried these two ideas, neither of which worked:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gdb compiz-core 2>&1 | tee gdb-compiz-core.txt GNU gdb 6.6-debian Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... compiz-core: No such file or directory. (gdb) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gdb compiz 2>&1 | tee gdb-compiz.txt GNU gdb 6.6-debian Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... "/usr/bin/compiz": not in executable format: File format not recognized (gdb) Tell me what to do and I'll try it. -- compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145360 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
