Bug#528499: marked as done (gnome-settings-daemon: Crashes on startup logging in from remote.)

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Subject: gnome-settings-daemon: Crashes on startup logging in from remote.
Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.24.1-3
Severity: normal

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Dear Debian folks,


I am using x2go [1] to log in remotely into the system. At startup a
windows pops up stating that the gnome-settings-daemon failed to start.
I hope getting the daemon run will solve some switching of keys I
experience and which is reported and discussed in Launchpad already [3].

I tried running it from gdb, but I do not know how to use it properly
and just got this output.

(gdb) run --no-daemon --debug --sync
Starting program: /usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon --debug --sync
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xf6eed710 (LWP 14533)]
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Starting settings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Dummy' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='dummy'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/dummy for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Medientasten' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='media-keys'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Tastenkürzel' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='keybindings'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keybindings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='XRandR' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='xrandr'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Tipppause' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='typing-break'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/typing-break for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Hintergrund' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='background'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Maus' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='mouse'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='X-Einstellungen' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='xsettings'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xsettings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Audio' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='sound'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Barrierefreie Tastatur' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='a11y-keyboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/a11y-keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/housekeeping.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Housekeeping' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/housekeeping.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='housekeeping'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/housekeeping for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Tastatur' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='keyboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Zwischenablage' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='clipboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/clipboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='X-Ressourcendatenbank' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='xrdb'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrdb for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Bildschirmschoner' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='screensaver'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading plugin: 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: 
name='Schrift' 
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin' 
location='font'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Monitoring dir 
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/font for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8179a50 
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager

** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): WARNING **: Unable to start xrandr manager: 
Failed to initialize XRandR extension
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting 
plugin-activated xrandr
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Plugin xrandr: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8179aa0 
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxsettings.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Registering GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Creating object of type 
GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeXSettingsPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Activating xsettings plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Starting xsettings manager
[New Thread 0xf6c97b90 (LWP 14597)]
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting 
plugin-activated xsettings
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Plugin xsettings: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8179b40 
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libsound.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Registering GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GsdSoundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Activating sound plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Starting sound manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting 
plugin-activated sound
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Plugin sound: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8179b90 
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libfont.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Registering GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GsdFontPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Activating font plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Starting font manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting 
plugin-activated font
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Plugin font: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8179c00 
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libbackground.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Registering GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Creating object of type 
GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GsdBackgroundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Activating background plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Starting background manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting 
plugin-activated background
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Plugin background: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8179c50 
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Loading 
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libkeyboard.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Registering GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Creating object of type 
GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: GsdKeyboardPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Activating keyboard plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:14533): DEBUG: Starting keyboard manager
The program 'gnome-settings-daemon' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'XI_BadClass (invalid Class parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 203 error_code 133 request_code 131 minor_code 6)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
[1242207651,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/]    The backend does not 
require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application
Program exited with code 01.

Reading bug 524992 [2] I also issued the following commands. (But since
they return something different I file a separate report.)

$ # user1
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = []
 options = []
 model = evdev
$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "de", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "de", "", ""

Following [3] I think I opened the keyboard manager
(gnome-settings-daemon crash message popped up again

        “Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'.
        Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may
        not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a
        non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and
        conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.”,

but the keyboard manager showed up fine) and set the keyboard to
»Evdev-managed keyboard«. I did not change this setting of a different
user, so s/he has PC-Intl 105. There this command does not return
anything.

$ # user2
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "de", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc105", "de", "", ""

The behavior is the same though for both users.

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[…]
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2
keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
(**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch"
[…]


Please tell me, if I can provide more information or how I can get
better debug output.


Thanks,

Paul


[1] http://www.x2go.org/
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=524992
[3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/289918

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.26.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.14-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.80-4     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd0                       0.2.41-3   Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-3    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.20.1-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.26.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                   2.26.0-1   The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomekbd3                  2.24.0-3   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.23-1  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.23-1  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.1-2   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.1-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.2.1-2  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier12                 3.9-1      X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxxf86misc1                 1:1.0.1-3  X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver            2.24.1-2+b1 GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]  1:2.24.0-2  A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  x11-xserver-utils            7.4+2       X server utilities

-- no debconf information

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There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

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Bug#528499: marked as done (gnome-settings-daemon: Crashes on startup logging in from remote.)

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