Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 17.10 artful gnome-session 3.26.1-0ubuntu6 gnome-settings-daemon 3.26.1-0ubuntu5
Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session[6947]: gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session[6947]: gnome-session-binary[6947]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry.... Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry.... There is no other mention of org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop before in syslog and kern.log, which is odd. However, I found the following lines earlier in syslog regarding gnome-settings-daemon: Nov 10 09:17:12 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session[6947]: gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary Nov 10 09:17:12 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary I'll try to reinstall gnome-settings-daemon. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri Nov 10 09:18:44 2017 ** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731428 Title: gnome-session-binary: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1731428/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs