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has caused the Debian Bug report #532303,
regarding Inside a VNC session, gnome-settings-daemon segfaults after printing
"Starting mouse manager"
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.24.1-3
Severity: important
When run inside a VNC session, gnome-settings-daemon always segfaults. If I
run it as
gnome-settings-daemon --debug --no-daemon
then it prints this:
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1.0".
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting settings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Typing
Break'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='typing-break'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/typing-break for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/housekeeping.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo:
name='Housekeeping'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/housekeeping.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='housekeeping'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/housekeeping for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo:
name='Keybindings'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='keybindings'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keybindings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo:
name='Accessibility Keyboard'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='a11y-keyboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/a11y-keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo:
name='Screensaver'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='screensaver'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Mouse'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='mouse'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Sound'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='sound'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Media
keys'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='media-keys'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo:
name='Clipboard'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='clipboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/clipboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo:
name='Keyboard'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='keyboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo:
name='Background'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='background'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Dummy'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='dummy'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/dummy for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='XRandR'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='xrandr'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Font'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='font'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/font for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='X
Settings'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='xsettings'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xsettings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='X
Resource Database'
file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin'
location='xrdb'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrdb for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x264a000
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): WARNING **: Unable to start xrandr manager:
Failed to initialize XRandR extension
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting
plugin-activated xrandr
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin xrandr: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x264a0a0
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxsettings.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type
GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeXSettingsPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating xsettings plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting xsettings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting
plugin-activated xsettings
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin xsettings: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c770
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libsound.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdSoundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating sound plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting sound manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting
plugin-activated sound
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin sound: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c720
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libfont.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdFontPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating font plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting font manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting
plugin-activated font
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin font: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c680
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libbackground.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type
GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdBackgroundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating background plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting background manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting
plugin-activated background
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin background: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c5e0
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libkeyboard.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type
GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdKeyboardPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating keyboard plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting keyboard manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): WARNING **: XKB extension not available
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): WARNING **: Neither XKeyboard not Xfree86's
keyboard extensions are available,
no way to support keyboard autorepeat rate settings
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting
plugin-activated keyboard
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin keyboard: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x2684b20
initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libmouse.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdMousePlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdMousePlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdMousePlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating mouse plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting mouse manager
Segmentation fault
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (1001, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.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 1.2.12-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.80-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libesd0 0.2.41-4 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 0.10.23-2 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 2:1.1.4-1 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 kde-window-manager [x-window 4:4.2.2-2 the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.24.0-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii sawfish [x-window-manager] 1:1.3.4-1 a window manager for X11
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.4+2 X server utilities
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
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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