POTENTIAL FIX: This got too annoying and was also happening with screen resolution changes so I looked into it further and found this: https://github.com/opinsys/puavo- rules/commit/b047b8058d72daea74cfaea2923cfdcad3a2a401
After setting the dconf key org/gnome/desktop/background/draw-background to false, the problem appears to be completely resolved. I no longer get crashes on wallpaper change, or on screen resolution change which were happening consistently before. Setting this key back to True and changing screen resolution produces a crash 100% of the time when I mouse over a desktop icon; with this key set to False, the problem does not happen. I note that this does not actually fix the bug itself; there appears to be a problem to do with this setting, but perhaps it should not be being read in the first place? The key description in dconf-editor says "DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored." but the default is still true, and it appears that the key is NOT ignored and in fact leads to these crashes unless set to false. Hope this helps somebody fix this properly. In the meantime anybody having this problem might want to try changing the key (install dconf-editor, then use the Find function to search for "draw-background" or navigate manually to the key above and setting it to false (unticked). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051625 Title: nautilus crashed with signal 5 in _XEventsQueued() Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nemo package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Bug report prompt appeared when printing in Libreoffice Calc. Not sure about the actual cause. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.19-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 17 00:02:19 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'800x550+478+220'" InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) ProcCmdline: nautilus trash:// ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Signal: 5 SourcePackage: nautilus StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 _XEventsQueued () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 XPending () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0 Title: nautilus crashed with signal 5 in _XEventsQueued() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-08 (8 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1051625/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
