This used to occur when an instance of indicator-session would try to register itself on the system bus but would fail for some reason -- say, if there was already an instance running that hadn't let go yet, or if there was an issue with the bus. Variations of this crash message happened for various indicators.
This was fixed in 13.10 by demoting these messages from g_error() to g_warning() so that a crash wouldn't occur, triggering a launchpad report and exiting gracefully. It's then the responsibility of the manager that launched the indicator to wait and try again. This is currently being done by ted's upstart work on the indicators. ** Changed in: indicator-session Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-session in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/813139 Title: indicator-session-service crashed: Unable to get system bus Status in The Session Menu: Fix Released Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Not at all sure what caused this in Oneiric. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: indicator-session 0.2.93-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jul 19 15:53:58 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/indicator-session/indicator-session-service InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/indicator-session/indicator-session-service ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 Signal: 5 SourcePackage: indicator-session StacktraceTop: ?? () g_type_create_instance () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_object_newv () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_object_new () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: indicator-session-service crashed with signal 5 in g_type_create_instance() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sbuild To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/813139/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp