On 03.06.2012 19:22, Michael Biebl wrote: > > On 03.06.2012 18:26, Georg Colle wrote: >> Am Sonntag, den 03.06.2012, 12:13 +0200 schrieb Michael Biebl: >>> On 03.06.2012 10:34, Georg wrote: >>>> When Gnome has started, dmesg output ends with the additional two lines: >>>> [ 110.872839] gnome-settings-[2387]: segfault at 40 ip afb156e0 sp >>>> bf8c1b8c error 4 in libmouse.so[afb13000+9000] >>>> [ 111.909861] gnome-settings-[2439]: segfault at 40 ip afb4c6e0 sp >>>> bfbc994c error 4 in libmouse.so[afb4a000+9000] >>> >>> could you get a backtrace [1] of the crash, please. > >> ** (gnome-settings-daemon:23260): WARNING **: Name taken or bus went >> away - shutting down > > This means, gnome-settings-daemon is already running, and it just exits. > So the debug log doesn't show anything interesting.
As just killing gnome-settings-daemon in a running session is probably a bit tricky, you can either start a non-GNOME session, where gnome-settings-daemon is not started, or you set ulimit -c unlimited [1]. This way gnome-settings-daemon should dump a core file when it segfaults. You can then get the backtrace by running gdb --core /path/to/core /usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon [1] A way to set ulimit before g-s-d is started, is to edit /etc/security/limits.conf and add * soft core unlimited -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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