Kicad core dump on opening schematic 9.0.2 ubuntu 22

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My kicad core dumps on every attempt to open a project from linux that was created on windows 11 kicad, both latest version (info below on crashing platform). Running with gdb and symbols installed with sudo apt install kicad-dbg shows the output below

Application: KiCad x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 9.0.2-9.0.2-0~ubuntu22.04.1, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.1
FreeType 2.11.1
HarfBuzz 2.7.4
FontConfig 2.13.1
libcurl/7.81.0 OpenSSL/3.0.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.8 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.2) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.18

Platform: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, X11, ubuntu, x11

Build Info:
Date: May 7 2025 21:51:58
wxWidgets: 3.2.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.74.0
OCC: 7.5.1
Curl: 7.81.0
ngspice: 43
Compiler: GCC 11.4.0 with C++ ABI 1016
KICAD_IPC_API=ON

Locale:
Lang: en_US
Enc: UTF-8
Num: 1’234.5
Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)

  1. thread apply all bt full
  2. Try updating your GPU drivers

Thanks! A reboot did it. I did not reboot after ubuntu update and there was mismatch in GPU driver version as reported by dmesg. Appreciate quick response, thanks again!

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