Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon
Yet more core GNOME desktop components failing! gnome-settings-daemon now joins nautilus and gnome-panel as apps that just can't keep running for very long. j...@sobek:~$ gdb gnome-settings-daemon GNU gdb (GDB) 7.2-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) set args --no-daemon (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0xb6f4cb70 (LWP 32337)] [1291370134,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application Unable to find a synaptics device. (gnome-settings-daemon:32334): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0xb672723a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-2.so.17 (gdb) bt #0 0xb672723a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-2.so.17 #1 0xb672795f in gnome_bg_draw () from /usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-2.so.17 #2 0xb6727b49 in gnome_bg_create_pixmap () from /usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-2.so.17 #3 0xb6084fe9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libbackground.so #4 0xb7b2893c in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #5 0xb7b19412 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #6 0xb7b2f595 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #7 0xb7b309bc in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #8 0xb7b30e62 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #9 0xb672538a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-2.so.17 #10 0xb7a75fcc in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #11 0xb7a75855 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #12 0xb7a79668 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #13 0xb7a79ba7 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #14 0xb7d291d9 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #15 0x0804b543 in main () (gdb) This is a similar trace to nautilus in #620323. Although since nobody is likely to ever read these reports, I don't now why I trouble myself to point that out. I'm fairly sure that the composition manager is at fault, personally. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic-pae 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 3 09:55:44 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon ** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684641 Title: periodic segfaults, not respawning -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs