Quick update on what this bug is about. I went through the ProcStatus.txt file on this bug and all its duplicates, and they all specify a UID of 999, which is below the default MIN_UID of 1000.
Now, accountsservice will ignore any user below MIN_UID, so you have to actually log in as the user under that MIN_UID to get the crash. But this is difficult using lightdm, because it won't list such users by default. So enable manual login or use a different login manager. There are some patches upstream to accountsservice to not use MIN_UID like this (apparently MIN_UID is only supposed to be used at account creation time, not as a way to check 'system user' status). See http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/log/ (there are ~5 separate patches for this issue). I haven't tested these patches yet, but presumably they will allow g-c-c to not freak out when trying to talk to accountsservice about the logged in user with a less-than-MIN_UID uid. Will test and report back. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Terry (mterry) ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #44408 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44408 ** Also affects: accountsservice via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44408 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908140 Title: [user-accounts]: segfault in um_user_set_icon_file() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/accountsservice/+bug/908140/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs