It's been ~4 months and the problem still exists. I can't see the bug this is supposed to be a duplicate of, so I have no way of knowing if this is actually a duplicate or if that was noted incorrectly.
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of private bug 205684 ** Description changed: - Whenever I try to connect, pptp crashes immediately on 12.10. Very + Whenever I try to connect, pptp crashes immediately on 12.04. Very infrequently (~1/20-30 times) it will actually successfully connect. It then remains connected for some amount of time before crashing. This has worked on prior versions, though I skipped 12.04 so that wasn't tested. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pptp-linux 1.7.2-6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Sun Feb 19 10:07:45 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/pptp InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/pptp 128.112.64.56 --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 0 --logstring nm-pptp-service-3189 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) SegvAnalysis: - Segfault happened at: 0x405a8f: mov (%rdx,%rcx,8),%rsi - PC (0x00405a8f) ok - source "(%rdx,%rcx,8)" (0x7fff3127bf78) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! - destination "%rsi" ok + Segfault happened at: 0x405a8f: mov (%rdx,%rcx,8),%rsi + PC (0x00405a8f) ok + source "(%rdx,%rcx,8)" (0x7fff3127bf78) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! + destination "%rsi" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: pptp-linux StacktraceTop: - ?? () - ?? () - ?? () - ?? () - ?? () + ?? () + ?? () + ?? () + ?? () + ?? () Title: pptp crashed with SIGSEGV UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-30 (19 days ago) UserGroups: ** Description changed: Whenever I try to connect, pptp crashes immediately on 12.04. Very infrequently (~1/20-30 times) it will actually successfully connect. It then remains connected for some amount of time before crashing. This - has worked on prior versions, though I skipped 12.04 so that wasn't + has worked on prior versions, though I skipped 11.10 so that wasn't tested. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pptp-linux 1.7.2-6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Sun Feb 19 10:07:45 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/pptp InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/pptp 128.112.64.56 --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 0 --logstring nm-pptp-service-3189 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x405a8f: mov (%rdx,%rcx,8),%rsi PC (0x00405a8f) ok source "(%rdx,%rcx,8)" (0x7fff3127bf78) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%rsi" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: pptp-linux StacktraceTop: ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () Title: pptp crashed with SIGSEGV UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-30 (19 days ago) UserGroups: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936276 Title: pptp crashed with SIGSEGV To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pptp-linux/+bug/936276/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs