I can trigger individual instances of these errors via gnome-control- center, by going to
settings -> background -> pictures -> selecting my jpeg wallpaper -> hitting 'select'. result: a single line of Oct 16 14:16:30 localhost gnome-control-c[8352]: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program ca.desrt.dconf: No such file or directory -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to d-conf in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633905 Title: xenial to yakkety upgrade : "Activated service 'ca.desrt.dconf' failed" Status in d-conf package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1) Upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) to 16.10 (yakkety) Result: My /var/log/kern.log file was very quickly filling with MB and MB of messages of the form Oct 16 12:45:23 localhost gnome-shell[2655]: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program ca.desrt.dconf: No such file or directory and my /var/log/syslog file was very quickly filling with MB and MB of messages of the form Oct 16 12:44:30 localhost gnome-shell[2655]: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program ca.desrt.dconf: No such file or directory Oct 16 12:44:30 localhost dbus-daemon[2284]: Activating service name='ca.desrt.dconf' Oct 16 12:44:30 localhost dbus-daemon[2284]: Activated service 'ca.desrt.dconf' failed: Failed to execute program ca.desrt.dconf: No such file or directory Workaround: moved .config/dconf to a backup directory (contents attached), and restarted: while at least the kern.log logs keep coming, at least they are coming like one at a time over a long period of time rather than a million at a time, also gnome-shell seems much more stable now (it hasn't crashed since I did this). gnome-shell: Installed: 3.20.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.20.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.20.4-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status dconf-service: Installed: 0.26.0-2 Candidate: 0.26.0-2 Version table: *** 0.26.0-2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: dconf-service 0.26.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Oct 16 13:56:22 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (829 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708) SourcePackage: d-conf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-16 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1633905/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
