I am using Oneiric and regularly get this error. It always occurs after the system has been up for a while (usually > 1hr) and mostly occurs when closing an application.
This is using full Unity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805789 Title: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with signal 5 in _XError() Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This comes up when I try to change a desktop wallpaper. I am using Gnome Shell. Steps: 1) Click on the user name menu to the top right corner, and choose System Settings 2) Choose Background, and click on the plus icon to the bottom left corner to add a new image from elsewhere 3) File picker dialog comes up and navigate to a folder with images 4) The dialog crashes together with System Settings, and no wallpaper is changed. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.1.3-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Tue Jul 5 12:31:50 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon ProcEnviron: LANG=en_HK.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_HK:en SHELL=/bin/false PATH=(custom, no user) Signal: 5 SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdk-3.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdk-3.so.0 _XError () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 Title: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with signal 5 in _XError() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/805789/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp