This is the backtrace form gdb of rviz running on my macbook pro.

rviz bt

Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x0000000000000000
Ogre::RenderSystem::attachRenderTarget (this=0x118012568, target=@0x0) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreRenderSystem.cpp:235
235			assert( target.getPriority() < OGRE_NUM_RENDERTARGET_GROUPS );
(gdb) thread apply all bt full

Thread 8 (process 80339):
#0  0x00007fff84188fca in __semwait_signal ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x00007fff8418cde1 in _pthread_cond_wait ()
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x00000001003bafc4 in boost::condition_variable::timed_wait (this=0x10700ee80, m=@0x117780e10, wait_until=@0x117780e30) at condition_variable.hpp:64
	timeout = {
  tv_sec = 1299362687, 
  tv_nsec = 975735000
}
	cond_res = <value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>
#3  0x00000001015b5669 in ros::CallbackQueue::callAvailable (this=0x10700ede0, timeout=@0x186a0) at condition_variable_fwd.hpp:68
	wait_duration = (const microseconds &) Cannot access memory at address 0x0

Thread 7 (process 80339):
#0  0x00007fff84188fca in __semwait_signal ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x00007fff8418cde1 in _pthread_cond_wait ()
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x00000001003a2511 in boost::condition_variable::wait (this=0x117603340, m=@0x107303e50) at condition_variable.hpp:53
	res = <value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>
	__func__ = "wait"
#3  0x00000001015ac80d in ros::ROSOutAppender::logThread (this=0x117603260) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp/src/libros/rosout_appender.cpp:135
	local_queue = {
  <std::_Vector_base<boost::shared_ptr<rosgraph_msgs::Log_<std::allocator<void> > >,std::allocator<boost::shared_ptr<rosgraph_msgs::Log_<std::allocator<void> > > > >> = {
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#4  0x000000010180d1f9 in thread_proxy ()
No symbol table info available.
#5  0x00007fff84187536 in _pthread_start ()
No symbol table info available.
#6  0x00007fff841873e9 in thread_start ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 6 (process 80339):
#0  0x00007fff84191e92 in select$DARWIN_EXTSN ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x0000000101790975 in XmlRpc::XmlRpcDispatch::work (this=0x117600520, timeout=0.10000000000000001) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/ros_comm/utilities/xmlrpcpp/src/XmlRpcDispatch.cpp:110
	tv = {
  tv_sec = 0, 
  tv_usec = 100000
}
	nEvents = <value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>
	inFd = {
  fds_bits = {0 <repeats 32 times>}
}
	outFd = {
  fds_bits = {0 <repeats 32 times>}
}
	excFd = {
  fds_bits = {0 <repeats 32 times>}
}
	maxFd = 13
	it = <value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>
#2  0x000000010154155d in ~unique_lock [inlined] () at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp/src/libros/xmlrpc_manager.cpp:256
No locals.
#3  0x000000010154155d in ~unique_lock [inlined] () at /opt/local/include/boost/thread/locks.hpp:403
No locals.
#4  0x000000010154155d in ros::XMLRPCManager::serverThreadFunc (this=0x1176004b0) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp/src/libros/xmlrpc_manager.cpp:256
No locals.
#5  0x000000010180d1f9 in thread_proxy ()
No symbol table info available.
#6  0x00007fff84187536 in _pthread_start ()
No symbol table info available.
#7  0x00007fff841873e9 in thread_start ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 5 (process 80339):
#0  0x00007fff841d11a6 in poll ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x00000001014f513c in ros::PollSet::update (this=0x117601340, poll_timeout=100) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp/src/libros/poll_set.cpp:202
	ret = <value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>
	__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "void ros::PollSet::update(int)"
	loc = {
  initialized_ = false, 
  logger_enabled_ = false, 
  level_ = ros::console::levels::Count, 
  logger_ = 0x0
}
#2  0x00000001015450bd in ros::PollManager::threadFunc (this=0x117601340) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp/src/libros/poll_manager.cpp:95
No locals.
#3  0x000000010180d1f9 in thread_proxy ()
No symbol table info available.
#4  0x00007fff84187536 in _pthread_start ()
No symbol table info available.
#5  0x00007fff841873e9 in thread_start ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 4 (process 80339):
#0  0x00007fff841afe5e in __sigwait ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x00007fff841afe37 in sigwait ()
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x000000010001020c in rviz::VisualizerApp::signalHandler (this=0x105159aa0) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/visualization/rviz/src/rviz/visualizer_app.cpp:289
	sig = 88081440
	signal_set = 4294967295
#3  0x00000001003b5a49 in thread_proxy (param=<value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>) at libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp:121
No locals.
#4  0x00007fff84187536 in _pthread_start ()
No symbol table info available.
#5  0x00007fff841873e9 in thread_start ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 3 (process 80339):
#0  0x00007fff84167f8a in __workq_kernreturn ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x00007fff8416839c in _pthread_wqthread ()
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x00007fff84168005 in start_wqthread ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 2 (process 80339):
#0  0x00007fff8416716a in kevent ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x00007fff8416903d in _dispatch_mgr_invoke ()
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x00007fff84168d14 in _dispatch_queue_invoke ()
No symbol table info available.
#3  0x00007fff8416883e in _dispatch_worker_thread2 ()
No symbol table info available.
#4  0x00007fff84168168 in _pthread_wqthread ()
No symbol table info available.
#5  0x00007fff84168005 in start_wqthread ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 1 (process 80339):
#0  Ogre::RenderSystem::attachRenderTarget (this=0x118012568, target=@0x0) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreRenderSystem.cpp:235
	__func__ = "attachRenderTarget"
#1  0x0000000118d358fd in Ogre::GLRenderSystem::_createRenderWindow (this=0x118012568, name=@0x7fff5fbfd190, width=1024, height=768, fullScreen=<value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>, miscParams=0x7fff5fbfd110) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/RenderSystems/GL/src/OgreGLRenderSystem.cpp:1012
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	win = (class Ogre::RenderWindow *) 0x0
#2  0x000000010028a91f in Ogre::Root::createRenderWindow (this=0x118001dd8, name=<value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>, width=<value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>, height=<value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>, fullScreen=<value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>, miscParams=<value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreRoot.cpp:1199
	ret = <value temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>
#3  0x0000000100a5c2b1 in ogre_tools::wxOgreRenderWindow::createRenderWindow (this=0x10704de30) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/visualization_common/ogre_tools/src/ogre_tools/wx_ogre_render_window.cpp:221
	params = {
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}
	width = 1024
	height = 768
#4  0x0000000100a5c8e8 in ogre_tools::wxOgreRenderWindow::wxOgreRenderWindow (this=0x10704de30, ogre_root=0x118001dd8, parent=0x106875e00, id=-1, pos=@0x10279a018, size=@0x7fff5fbfd430, style=134217728, validator=@0x10279b840, create_render_window=true) at /Users/william/ros/diamondback/visualization_common/ogre_tools/src/ogre_tools/wx_ogre_render_window.cpp:48
No locals.
#5  0x0000000101ef3c46 in list [inlined] () at /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/bits/stl_list.h:52
No locals.
#6  0x0000000101ef3c46 in std::_List_base<boost::signals::connection, std::allocator<boost::signals::connection> >::_M_init () at /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/bits/stl_list.h:473
	__a = (const 'std::allocator<boost::signals::connection>' &) Cannot access memory at address 0x0