Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
gnome-settings-daemon crashes when trying to start it. Console output: (gnome-settings-daemon:31726): GSwitchIt-WARNING **: Unable to connect to dbus: Failed to connect to socket Connection refused ** (gnome-settings-daemon:31726): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_connection_register_g_object: assertion `connection != NULL' failed ** (gnome-settings-daemon:31726): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name: assertion `connection != NULL' failed ** (gnome-settings-daemon:31726): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed ** (bug-buddy:31731): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Decrypt File ** (bug-buddy:31731): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Import Key ** (bug-buddy:31731): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Open Folder ** (bug-buddy:31731): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Verify Signature Failed to read a valid object file image from memory. Backtrace from bug-buddy: Memory status: size: 28205056 vsize: 0 resident: 28205056 share: 0 rss: 6496256 rss_rlim: 0 CPU usage: start_time: 1162550041 rtime: 0 utime: 10 stime: 0 cutime:8 cstime: 0 timeout: 2 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0 Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon' (no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/debug/libthread_db.so.1". (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1210447664 (LWP 31726)] [New Thread -1211757680 (LWP 31728)] 0xb7f45a51 in __waitpid_nocancel () from /usr/lib/debug/libpthread.so.0 #0 0xb7f45a51 in __waitpid_nocancel () from /usr/lib/debug/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x422421b6 in libgnomeui_segv_handle (signum=11) at gnome-ui-init.c:874 #2 <signal handler called> #3 0x0806915d in keyboard_config_registry_get_type () #4 0x4153b89a in IA__g_type_create_instance (type=134926680) at gtype.c:1567 #5 0x41522952 in g_object_constructor (type=134926680, n_construct_properties=0, construct_params=0x0) at gobject.c:1041 #6 0x41520bdb in IA__g_object_newv (object_type=134926680, n_parameters=0, parameters=0x0) at gobject.c:937 #7 0x4152173f in IA__g_object_new_valist (object_type=134926680, first_property_name=0x0, var_args=0xbf8520a8 "") at gobject.c:981 #8 0x415218f0 in IA__g_object_new (object_type=134926680, first_property_name=0x0) at gobject.c:795 #9 0x08058169 in gnome_settings_keyboard_xkb_init () #10 0x080551ea in gnome_settings_daemon_new () #11 0x08053efc in main () Thread 2 (Thread -1211757680 (LWP 31728)): #0 0xb7f44a71 in __read_nocancel () from /usr/lib/debug/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #1 0x413f945d in child_watch_helper_thread (data=0x0) at gmain.c:3703 b = "BçEA\230\003Æ·\001\000\000\000\001\000\000\000äáEA" list = (GSList *) 0xb7f41810 #2 0x4141638f in g_thread_create_proxy (data=0x80a1fb0) at gthread.c:553 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "g_thread_create_proxy" #3 0xb7f3de5a in start_thread (arg=0xb7c60b90) at pthread_create.c:296 __res = <value optimized out> __ignore1 = <value optimized out> __ignore2 = <value optimized out> pd = (struct pthread *) 0xb7c60b90 unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {-1208692748, 0, 8195840, -1211759432, 1221329888, 1224334887}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xb7f3ddb2}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}} not_first_call = 0 robust = <value optimized out> #4 0xb7ea389e in clone () from /usr/lib/debug/libc.so.6 fstab_state = {fs_fp = 0x0, fs_buffer = 0x0, fs_mntres = {mnt_fsname = 0x0, mnt_dir = 0x0, mnt_type = 0x0, mnt_opts = 0x0, mnt_freq = 0, mnt_passno = 0}, fs_ret = {fs_spec = 0x0, fs_file = 0x0, fs_vfstype = 0x0, fs_mntops = 0x0, fs_type = 0x0, fs_freq = 0, fs_passno = 0}} __elf_set___libc_subfreeres_element_fstab_free__ = (const void *) 0xb7eddbd0 Thread 1 (Thread -1210447664 (LWP 31726)): #0 0xb7f45a51 in __waitpid_nocancel () from /usr/lib/debug/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #1 0x422421b6 in libgnomeui_segv_handle (signum=11) at gnome-ui-init.c:874 estatus = 0 sa = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0, sa_sigaction = 0}, sa_mask = {__val = {1094720048, 5, 16, 1, 3086288828, 0, 3084522384, 3213164546, 3086474313, 1104916882, 3086288824, 3086524404, 3084531508, 18, 3213171224, 3086454594, 1104911340, 3084851112, 1104910204, 1, 1, 124787, 3213171172, 3213171172, 3213171412, 255564379, 3086288912, 76, 3086196016, 3086195048, 1104913954, 255564378}}, sa_flags = 1, sa_restorer = 0x41dba626 <priority_normal_value+21422>} pid = 0 in_segv = 1 #2 <signal handler called> No symbol table info available. #3 0x0806915d in keyboard_config_registry_get_type () No symbol table info available. #4 0x4153b89a in IA__g_type_create_instance (type=134926680) at gtype.c:1567 node = (TypeNode *) 0x80ad158 instance = (GTypeInstance *) 0x807b078 class = (GTypeClass *) 0x80a57c0 i = <value optimized out> total_size = <value optimized out> #5 0x41522952 in g_object_constructor (type=134926680, n_construct_properties=0, construct_params=0x0) at gobject.c:1041 object = (GObject *) 0xb7e4ade1 #6 0x41520bdb in IA__g_object_newv (object_type=134926680, n_parameters=0, parameters=0x0) at gobject.c:937 pspec = (GParamSpec *) 0x0 nqueue = <value optimized out> object = <value optimized out> class = (GObjectClass *) 0x80a57c0 unref_class = (GObjectClass *) 0x80a57c0 slist = <value optimized out> n_total_cparams = 0 n_cparams = 0 n_oparams = 0 n_cvalues = 0 clist = (GList *) 0x0 i = 3086227488 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "IA__g_object_newv" #7 0x4152173f in IA__g_object_new_valist (object_type=134926680, first_property_name=0x0, var_args=0xbf8520a8 "") at gobject.c:981 _value = <value optimized out> _value_type = <value optimized out> _vtable = <value optimized out> _collect_format = <value optimized out> _cvalues = {{v_int = 1096008217, v_long = 1096008217, v_int64 = 344693391897, v_double = 1.703011632848012e-312, v_pointer = 0x4153c219}, {v_int = 134672031, v_long = 134672031, v_int64 = -4646271963998261601, v_double = -0.010315448279349325, v_pointer = 0x806ee9f}, {v_int = 0, v_long = 0, v_int64 = -4646272015672541184, v_double = -0.010315358638763428, v_pointer = 0x0}, {v_int = -1208739808, v_long = -1208739808, v_int64 = -4646271806427883488, v_double = -0.010315721620383356, v_pointer = 0xb7f41820}, {v_int = 1094603842, v_long = 1094603842, v_int64 = 4703417931029959746, v_double = 2870112.5097146342, v_pointer = 0x413e5442}, { v_int = 134611016, v_long = 134611016, v_int64 = 134611016, v_double = 6.6506678557386372e-316, v_pointer = 0x8060048}, { v_int = 0, v_long = 0, v_int64 = 578307382082273280, v_double = 5.3380608603173495e-270, v_pointer = 0x0}, {v_int = 0, v_long = 0, v_int64 = 4706847834983366656, v_double = 4740268, v_pointer = 0x0}} _n_values = <value optimized out> error = <value optimized out> pspec = <value optimized out> params = <value optimized out> name = <value optimized out> object = <value optimized out> n_params = <value optimized out> n_alloced_params = <value optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "IA__g_object_new_valist" #8 0x415218f0 in IA__g_object_new (object_type=134926680, first_property_name=0x0) at gobject.c:795 var_args = 0xbf8520a8 "" __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "IA__g_object_new" #9 0x08058169 in gnome_settings_keyboard_xkb_init () No symbol table info available. #10 0x080551ea in gnome_settings_daemon_new () No symbol table info available. #11 0x08053efc in main () No symbol table info available. #0 0xb7f45a51 in __waitpid_nocancel () from /usr/lib/debug/libpthread.so.0 ** Affects: control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- gnome-settings-daemon won't start, crashes https://launchpad.net/bugs/70046 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs