The last comment of this bug report appears to describe what's happening: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1641541
There are 2 Xorg processes running for some reason. One I'm logged into, and the other is on another VT. The one I'm logged into has my user id. The other one has uid gdm. The Xorg with uid gdm has a child gsd-color process with the pid that matches the errant log message. There is also a gsd-color process with my uid that is a child of systemd --user. I assume this happens when I logged in. So this seems to be a bad byproduct of there being 2 Xorgs and gdms running. Why does this happen anyway? ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1641541 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1641541 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747891 Title: gsd-color[1032]: failed to set screen _ICC_PROFILE Status in GNOME Settings Daemon: Confirmed Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Get that error logged: gsd-color[1032]: failed to set screen _ICC_PROFILE: Failed to open file “/home/oem/.local/share/icc/edid- 3ed66b5b66c8e176b2d44c8563cdad28.icc”: Permission denied This is related to (colormgr get-profiles output): Filename: /var/lib/gdm3/.local/share/icc/edid-3ed66b5b66c8e176b2d44c8563cdad28.icc Profile ID: icc-b11214f828f359ffc2d54bd918e8de7b Metadata: CMF_version=3.26.2 Metadata: EDID_serial=SN-000000001 Metadata: CMF_binary=gnome-settings-daemon Metadata: EDID_md5=3ed66b5b66c8e176b2d44c8563cdad28 Metadata: CMF_product=gnome-settings-daemon Metadata: EDID_mnft=MTC Metadata: FILE_checksum=b11214f828f359ffc2d54bd918e8de7b Metadata: EDID_model=MON-SIS289 Metadata: DATA_source=edid Metadata: MAPPING_device_id=xrandr-Mars-Tech Corporation-MON-SIS289-SN-000000001 Metadata: EDID_manufacturer=Mars-Tech Corporation Actual rights (set by the default install): oem@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /home/oem/.local/share/icc/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 oem oem 1552 Dec 1 20:22 edid-3ed66b5b66c8e176b2d44c8563cdad28.icc I've tried to follow that howto; but it should be set out of the box: https://askubuntu.com/questions/199661/how-do-you-set-system-display-color-profiles-in-xubuntu-and-lubuntu note: if that apply to an other package than gsd, please do change/add ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.26.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Feb 7 12:11:12 2018 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1747891/+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

