thank you for your work on that, the logs show some errors: ==27095== 1 errors in context 1 of 1: ==27095== Invalid read of size 1 ==27095== at 0x6F57EF0: (within /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==27095== by 0x6F58B0B: XkbSetMap (in /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==27095== by 0x12761783: XkbWriteToServer (in /usr/lib/libxkbfile.so.1.0.2) ==27095== by 0x12549C9A: (within /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.12.1.0) ==27095== by 0x1254A347: xkl_xkb_activate_config_rec (in /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.12.1.0) ==27095== by 0x12338AB3: gkbd_keyboard_config_activate (in /usr/lib/libgnomekbd.so.2.0.0) ==27095== by 0x11F2D060: apply_xkb_settings (gsd-keyboard-xkb.c:187) ==27095== by 0x11F2C8C0: gsd_keyboard_manager_start (gsd-keyboard-manager.c:402) ==27095== by 0x11F2C1E6: impl_activate (gsd-keyboard-plugin.c:78) ==27095== by 0x405471: gnome_settings_plugin_info_activate (gnome-settings-plugin-info.c:506) ==27095== by 0x404094: maybe_activate_plugin (gnome-settings-manager.c:93) ==27095== by 0x99F8C8C: g_slist_foreach (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1704.0) ==27095== by 0x404271: gnome_settings_manager_start (gnome-settings-manager.c:271) ==27095== by 0x403E91: main (main.c:312) ==27095== Address 0x129b5cd8 is 0 bytes after a block of size 256 alloc'd ==27095== at 0x4C24384: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:397) ==27095== by 0x6F63008: XkbAllocServerMap (in /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0) ==27095== by 0x127721B9: (within /usr/lib/libxkbfile.so.1.0.2) ==27095== by 0x12772C3A: XkmReadFile (in /usr/lib/libxkbfile.so.1.0.2) ==27095== by 0x12549A17: (within /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.12.1.0) ==27095== by 0x1254A347: xkl_xkb_activate_config_rec (in /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.12.1.0) ==27095== by 0x12338AB3: gkbd_keyboard_config_activate (in /usr/lib/libgnomekbd.so.2.0.0) ==27095== by 0x11F2D060: apply_xkb_settings (gsd-keyboard-xkb.c:187) ==27095== by 0x11F2C8C0: gsd_keyboard_manager_start (gsd-keyboard-manager.c:402) ==27095== by 0x11F2C1E6: impl_activate (gsd-keyboard-plugin.c:78) ==27095== by 0x405471: gnome_settings_plugin_info_activate (gnome-settings-plugin-info.c:506) ==27095== by 0x404094: maybe_activate_plugin (gnome-settings-manager.c:93) ==27095== by 0x99F8C8C: g_slist_foreach (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1704.0) ==27095== by 0x404271: gnome_settings_manager_start (gnome-settings-manager.c:271) ==27095== by 0x403E91: main (main.c:312)
you didn't install libx11-6-dbgsym libxkbfile1-dbgsym and libxklavier12-dbgsym though so it lacks debug symbols, could you install those and get a new log? ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246447 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs