The problem appeared again, so here are the (hopefully helpful) backtrace (attached) and the output of strace:
~$ strace -p 7238 attach: ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, ...): Operation not permitted [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo strace -p 7238 Process 7238 attached - interrupt to quit gettimeofday({1172324704, 520340}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324704, 520494}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 4917) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324709, 443822}, NULL) = 0 time(NULL) = 1172324709 time(NULL) = 1172324709 gettimeofday({1172324709, 444222}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 30000) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324739, 449479}, NULL) = 0 time(NULL) = 1172324739 time(NULL) = 1172324739 gettimeofday({1172324739, 449884}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 30000) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324769, 455873}, NULL) = 0 time(NULL) = 1172324769 time(NULL) = 1172324769 gettimeofday({1172324769, 456281}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 30000) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324799, 462835}, NULL) = 0 time(NULL) = 1172324799 time(NULL) = 1172324799 gettimeofday({1172324799, 463245}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 28260) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324827, 730052}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324827, 730189}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 1) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324827, 738199}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324827, 738329}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 1725) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324829, 470283}, NULL) = 0 time(NULL) = 1172324829 time(NULL) = 1172324829 gettimeofday({1172324829, 470689}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 30000) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324859, 478181}, NULL) = 0 time(NULL) = 1172324859 time(NULL) = 1172324859 gettimeofday({1172324859, 478598}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 6, 30000) = 0 gettimeofday({1172324889, 486493}, NULL) = 0 time(NULL) = 1172324889 time(NULL) = 1172324889 gettimeofday({1172324889, 486911}, NULL) = 0 poll( <unfinished ...> Process 7238 detached ====================================== NOTE: the strace was interrupted via CTRL+C ** Attachment added: "gconfd-2 backtrace (using homegrown debug packages)" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6523837/gdb-gconfd-2.txt -- gconfd-2 doesn't stop for previous user logged into GNOME https://launchpad.net/bugs/85521 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs