[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 649809 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/649809 I am seeing this in 11.10 after I resume from sleep. Tamas's work- around seems to solve the problem, as does logging out and logging back in. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/588155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 649809 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/649809 Same happened to me. Description: After a different user (with a different appearance settings) hase logged in (and after it logged out), with my user the theme was with ugly icons and menu backgrounds and unity panel. Workaround: killall gnome-settings-demon gnome-settings-demon # after these two command the panel and the menu background was OK killall nautilus # after the automatic restart of nautilus the icon theme was OK -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/588155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 649809 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/649809 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 649809 the session settings manager can try starting before the login screen one exits -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/588155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I have the same problem --- occasionally after reboot the theme is reverted from radiance to ambiance and icon theme to some ugly default. If I log in / log out then everything goes back, i don't have to do nothing in settings for it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
For some people it also happens during a first login. See #574296 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I think I know what is the problem. When logging in the gnome-setting-manager with gdm's pid is still active. This makes users gnome-settings-manager fail to start. After some time gdm's one finally exits and users is left with gray theme. The following in: [mutex:/etc/gdm]% cat /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default killall gnome-settings-daemon 1/tmp/log.1 2/tmp/log.2 killall -9 gnome-settings-daemon 1/tmp/log.1 2/tmp/log.2 has fixed my problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I have this problem on an install of lucid from the original alternate ISO and upgraded from there, i386 on a P4 with ATI (Mobility). Compiz is working nicely but gnome-settings-daemon usually doesn't start. No problems on my natty desktop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Me too! HP Probook Ubuntu 10.10 and Linux Mint 10 Radeon 4300 series -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I've recently been seeing this happen across two different motherboards. I hadn't seen it appear at all previously. I'll wager that on some level this is a race condition. It occurred zero times with a quad core and about 50% of the time with my six core. This happened on identical hardware with the only difference being the processor. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntuone-client/+bug/720305 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
seems similar to bug #639913 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
If i may inquire... now, that Martin has provided a backtrace, is the problem being looked into by a developer now (as the bug is still set to unassigned)? I know these things take time, but some feedback of activity would have a calming effect on us folks experiencing the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
After not having seen this bug for a while, it finally appeared again and I got the backtrace (see attachment). I had the breakpoints set on exit and _exit as suggested by David. I hope this helps and someone can take a look at this soon. BTW the .xsession-errors showed the following error: The program 'gnome-settings-daemon' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. (Details: serial 1355 error_code 8 request_code 3 minor_code 0) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) Greets, Martin ** Attachment added: gdb-backtrace https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/588155/+attachment/1850041/+files/gdb-gsd-22045.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I have it on both my 10.10 installations (one on a classic netbook and one a fujistu tablet). i have not seen it on my 10.04 laptop. in the 10.10 systems I am using the desktop interface as Unity is unusable. As with all other comments it is random at startup. Theme can be altered back by going to appearance but nautilus stays ugly. I do not think it is dropbox related as posted above since I have drop box on my laptop 10.04 that does not have the bug, and on my 10.10 netbook that does have the bug whereas the tablet running 10.10 has no dropbox but does have the bug. The bug occurred on the netbook after upgrading to 10.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Me Too: HP dv7 4290US core i7-2630QM Ubuntu 10.10 I have the problem where nautilus does not pick up the current theme. Log out and log in do not resolve it. Reboot does not resolve it. Kill and restart gnome-settings-daemon and kill and restart nautilus do work. Here is the $ ps aux |grep settings charles 3624 0.3 0.2 211568 12244 ?Rsl 11:54 0:06 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon $ kill -9 3624 $ gnome-settings-daemon $ /usr/share/themes/exotic/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:336: error: invalid string constant theme-menu- widget_class , expected valid string constant The only recent change I can think of is that I installed Dropbox v1.0.20 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
@sebastien, @martin: try setting a breakpoint on the exit function(s): break exit break _exit -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I can confirm this bug on my system as well. My Ubuntu-Version: 10.10 Hardware: Asus Eee-Pc-1201t, (CPU: AMD-Neo, GPU: ATI Radeon HD3200) charakteristika of the bug: 1. gnome-settings-daemon randomly fails to start after log-in resulting in the standard-gnome-look (symbols and color-scheme in gnome-panel and nautilus) 2. after starting the appearence-menue gnome-settings-daemon starts without any problems solving the panel-issue 3. nautilus on the other hand stays uneffected 4. logging out and again logging seemes to solve the problem The problem first occured a few weeks ago, since then sporadiclly however since yesterday it occoures permanently. I ran a regular system- update yesterday. Due to var/log/dpkg.log the following packages were affected icedtea6-plugin 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu2 6b20-1.9.4-0ubuntu1 icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu2 6b20-1.9.4-0ubuntu1 openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu2 6b20-1.9.4-0ubuntu1 openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu2 6b20-1.9.4-0ubuntu1 openjdk-6-jre 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu2 6b20-1.9.4-0ubuntu1 the hicolor-icon-theme 0.11-1 0.11-1 is also mentioned in the log-file. Perhaps var/log/daemon.log gives some suggestions, what might be going wrong at system-start. It says: Jan 28 18:53:24 erpel gdm-simple-greeter[1771]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.22.0/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5684: widget not within a GtkWindow Jan 28 18:53:26 erpel gdm-session-worker[1780]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_value_get_boolean: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOOLEAN (value)' failed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Yeah, it seems that way. But I don't think this is just in my case. I'm experiencing the exact behaviour discussed in this bug. Sometimes (not regularly, maybe on every 3rd or 4th start-up) right after logging-in the desktop appears with the gnome default-theme. There is no gnome- settings-daemon process any more. Maybe it's not a crash, but the daemon shouldn't exit anyway (especially not with exit code 1, which indicates a problem, doesn't it?). Isn't there a way to configure gdb to produce a stacktrace on program termination with exit codes other than 0? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I tried to get a stacktrace with gdb. I attached gdb to the running
process of gnome-settings-daemon by using a startup-script that
contained the following lines:
gdb -batch-silent \
-ex 'set logging overwrite on' \
-ex set logging file /tmp/gdb-gsd-${RANDOM}.txt \
-ex 'set logging on' \
-ex 'handle SIG33 pass nostop noprint' \
-ex 'set pagination 0' \
-ex attach ${pid} \
-ex 'continue' \
-ex 'backtrace full' \
-ex 'info registers' \
-ex 'x/16i $pc' \
-ex 'thread apply all backtrace' \
-ex 'quit' \
/dev/null
When gnome-settings-daemon crashed, the output was as follows:
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xb748db70 (LWP 1861)]
[Thread 0xb748db70 (LWP 1861) exited]
Program exited with code 01.
No stack.
The program has no registers now.
No registers.
Unfortunately there is still no stacktrace. Did I miss something on
using gdb?
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[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
it seems in your case it exits and doesn't crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I'm having the exact same problem described as above. Bug encountered: When logging into ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10, seemingly randomly. Computer: HP mini 110, ubuntu netbook remix with default ubuntu desktop session. 1gb ram, intel graphics, compiz enabled. Theme installed: Elementary theme with the Faenza icon set. Workaround: Open terminal, start the gnome-settings-daemon process (which doesn't show up under the system processes after logging in), restart nautilus. I'd really like to see this bug fixed, it randomly occurs to me and doesn't happen more than once a week, so it's probably going to be extremely hard to remedy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I doubt anyone will be able to fix this without a stack trace. From what I can see, the current ddeb dbgsym packages have the gnome- settings-deamon binary in them which for some reason they didn't when I tried back with Lucid which made getting a stack trace impossible. Since they now seem to work, Grab the dbgsym version and give the instructions I gave for logging gnome-settings-daemon a go. I would but it's no longer happening to me. If the other instructions don't work or you want a different way, It might also be possible to rename dbgsym version of the /usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon binary and replace it with script containing something like: screen -L gdb --eval-command='run' gnome-settings-daemon.therealfile Then just 'screen -x' and get a backtrace. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
The bug just returned for me on Maverick. As a result, I'm going to remove it now, and never use it again. Instead I'm going to use my Lucid install (which doesn't show the symptom) whenever I want to use Ubuntu. I'll be back for Natty if the problem somehow magically resolves itself by then or someone finally looks into it. Unfortunately, those are big ifs. Until then I'm going to find another up-to-date Gnome/Linux distro for my main OS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
In maverick I have had this bug happen to me on several occasions on boot up. logging out and logging back in fixes the problem. I have noticed this only happens to me after updating but only after an update where it say ureadahead will be re-profiled at next boot up . Since noticing this every update that forces re-profiling has caused this problem but only on my pc and not my laptop. PC uses nvidia driver 260.19.06 while laptop uses ati driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Yeah it seems neither the Gnome or the Ubuntu devs want to help. I am seriously thinking of switching to a KDE distro because of this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
This bug in close as NOT GNOME in bugzilla tracker. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
i Think this bug is not related with any program like, Java6, Gnome- Do/Docky or what so ever. I Think this because the bug just happened after a system update of last week. That update cycle only contains update of the standard Ubuntu software source. I don know which one is causing the problem. I tried several things like reinstalling all packages that contains gtk¨ and that helped only within this session after the reboot it resets itself back to the buggy default gnome theme. I am no master of this stuff but I am trying my best to help you people who can. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I actually think we are seeing a few different bugs that all result in gnome-settings-daemon crashing. The bug I originally reported, which happened to me on 2 separate computers, with very different hardware (other than the fact they where both x86_64 installs), seemed to stop occurring on both systems. I'm guessing some update rolled out that fixed it. I have had almost no problems with gsd since then. In my original case there was no gnome-do, docky, sun-java6 or any other programs other than the defaults. I don't think those would cause any problems since afaik gsd is just for giving settings to applications, it doesn't really care what the settings are. The main problem is that there isn't any way to get debugging output of gnome-settings-daemon-dbgsym if it crashes at login making reporting bugs close to impossible. gdb does support attaching to an already running process. Perhaps it's possible to use a script in a loop that keeps looking for it running and tried to attach then dump a backtrace somewhere (or runs in a screen so you can get the backtrack yourself)? If you getting crashing some time after login then it should be no problem to attach. The following could work: while true; do; PID=`pidof gnome-settings-daemon`; if test $PID; then; sudo gdb attach --pid=$PID; sleep 1; fi; done Just /etc/init.d/gdm stop, ctrl+alt+f2 to virtual terminal. Execute the above as root (it would probably be easier to save it to a script file first and run from that, it also might be worth while running it in a 'screen' session so you can attach to it from within a Xorg terminal). Then restart gdm. After gnome-settings-daemon crashes, ctrl+alt+f2 back to the VT and take a screen dump. The question is if it will connect to the process in time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
For the record: I filed a bug report on bugzilla.gnome.org reporting the problem - hopefully it will yield some result: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637921 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #637921 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637921 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Also affects: gnome-settings-daemon via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637921 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
** Tags added: lucid maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Same problem here. Grey theme at boot. Going into theme preferences will fix the panel, but it will not fix Nautilus or the desktop icons. I'm using ubuntu 10.10 x64 with an nvidia graphics card (using binary drivers). What is the status of this bug? Can any developer here tell me if you are working on it? This bug is rather infuriating and there doesn't seem to be any progress being made on it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Same thing happening here since a couple of days. here running Linux laptoplub 2.6.35-23-generic-pae #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 10:35:46 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux How can I report more information to help? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Same problem running Ubuntu 10.10... Linux Satellite 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux. In my case, bug started to showup after adding ru.png us.png images for keyboard indicator in /usr/share/pixmaps. As I think now, where may be a problem with gnome / ubuntu indicator applets. Still checking... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
One more sympthom: I may manually switch to Ambience theme, but icon theme remains default. Some things I done: 1) Removed all indicator applets from desktop panels; 2) In gconf-editor, set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/indicator/showFlags back to 0/false/unchecked state; 3) Remove all keyboard indicator icons from /usr/share/pixmaps ~/.icons/flags (with dir). And there was а [possible] duplicate: ru.png ru.svg files; 4) Reboot; 5) Add indicator applets again. After this, I have 4 hot and cold reboots - bug doesn't show up... Crossing fingers :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Here some additional information about the problem appearing on Ubuntu 10.10: If I type 'ps aux | grep settings' in the terminal gnome-settings-daemon isn't shown. If i type gnome-settings-daemon the ambiance theme starts. I also get the error message: ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3606): WARNING **: Got less number of items in credentials hash table than expected! After that 'ps aux | grep settings' show gnome-settings-daemon running. I don't know if this is relevant, but if I type in gnome-settings-daemon after that again, I get the following error message: ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3693): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.SettingsDaemon ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3693): WARNING **: Could not acquire name The ambiance theme not loading on startup is very annoying. Now it happens every time I log in. ** Attachment added: xsession-errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/588155/+attachment/1763249/+files/.xsession-errors -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
This problem keeps appearing for me since yesterday. Just as in the bug description, when I log in, sometimes the ambiance theme doesn't load and I get the default GTK-Theme instead. I have to either log out and log back in or start the appearances window to solve this annoying issue. Also, even tough I don't know whether this is normal or not (I usually don't fiddle around with appearance settings, but use the defaults instead), when I'm selecting ambiance, after restart or log in-log out it is set to custom. Again, I have no clue if this is relevant. I'm using Ubuntu 64bit desktop edition on an Asus EeePC 1005PE. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I spoke too soon in declaring the bug squashed. I had some trouble printing a document, fiddled with CUPS, tried to see the print queue via System-Administration-Printing, and then saw my theme revert to the default theme. The printer I was using is a network printer, and it worked fine this morning. Between then and the failure to work, there were no major changes to my system. I'm still using the regular gnome panel instead of Docky, and I haven't re-installed the sun-java6-plugin package that I first thought was the source of the problem. I just posted a little more detail in the other thread (the link is in posts #9 and #10 ITT), but basically, I'm thinking this could be due to using older hardware. I'm using a 5 year-old Sony Vaio PCG-K45 with 3.2 GHz P4 and 1 Gb of RAM. Has anyone seen this bug on a computer that was built within the last year? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I updated this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575703page=2 but here's the short version. I removed the sun-java6-plugin package, thinking it was the source of the problem, but I continued to see random theme changes. Then I stopped using Gnome-Do/Docky and went back to using the regular Gnome panel. Since then, I haven't seen any random theme changes. My new plan is to begin using Gnome-Do/Docky again to try and recreate the bug. If successful, then I think the bug can be safely narrowed down to the Gnome-Do/Docky package. -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I've seen this bug on a machine that doesn't have gnome-do/docky installed. -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I've seen this bug on a machine that doesn't have gnome-do/docky installed. That makes me a little sad, because I was really hoping I had narrowed the problem down, but it's helpful nonetheless. After re-reading this thread, I'm starting to wonder if maybe mine is a different bug. OP's report describes an error occurring at startup, but my bug's symptoms occur well after startup. I originally thought these were related as gnome-settings-daemon errors, but maybe I'm wrong. My new hypothesis is that some program sends a message to the X-server to redraw/update a window while several programs are running. In order to redraw/update the window, the settings daemon must supply theme, font, color, and other settings. The gnome-settings-daemon then crashes due to lack of available resources, poor process scheduling, or some other problem, and lacking settings info, the X-server reverts to the default theme. In my case, docky was at least related to the crashes-- the symptoms went away when I stopped using it-- but I'm unsure how it was causing them. I don't have the expertise to explore this line of reasoning, nor do I have the knowledge to determine if this is sound logic. What would be nice is if some code guru out there in Launchpad Land could investigate this bug a little bit. -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I think this bug is the same as what's being reported here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575703 To summarize that thread, when multitasking for an hour or so, the gnome theme reverts to the default. It doesn't always happen, but it is happening pretty regularly to me and the other users in that thread. Opening System-Preferences-Appearances then causes the theme to change back to whatever the user had previously set it to, except for the icons (they remain set to the default theme). The following error message showed up in syslog: gnome-settings-[1411]: segfault at 4 ip 0838396f sp bfaebdc0 error 4 in libclipboard.so[8381000+5000] Since the settings daemon starts when the gnome session starts, I tried to do a backtrace by using Ctrl-Alt-F2, starting X on dislpay :1, and running a second gnome session under gdb. After seeing the bug behavior, I killed the session in the terminal, entered bt at the gdb prompt, and got the following: (gdb)bt #0 0x0012d422 in ?? () #1 0x00a16b86 in poll () from /lib/tls/i686cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0x007ac4eb in g_poll () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x0079f0ac in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0x0079f817 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x002873c9 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #6 0x08062033 in ?? () #7 0x0096dbd6 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.co.6 #8 0x08051291 in ?? () (gbd) I hope this helps. -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Same trouble here. Dist: Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 512M NVIDIA Driver Version:260.19.06 -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I have the same trouble here. Dist : Ubuntu 10.10 i686 GPU : Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller GDM: autostartup (without delay) -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
i have encountered this trouble too. However it doesn't occur at each boot. Dist : Ubuntu 10.04 x64 GPU : nvidia 8600GT with driver of serie 256 (from x-swat-x-updates ppa) GDM : autostartup (without delay) I tried to got the debug output doing the modification of the attached patch, but the trouble doesn't appears doing this (at least for the 5 tries I made since this). Maybe others will success in doing this. My idea is that there is a race condition between dbus and g-s-d that prevent g-s-d to start if dbus isn't totally ready, but I can't prove it, and I don't now how to log the startup of dbus and g-s-d. ** Patch added: autostart gnome-settings-daemon.desktop http://launchpadlibrarian.net/53294665/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop.diff -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Some precisions: - if g-s-d still doesn't start after applying the modification I added, errors will be traced in ~/.xsession-errors file. - if g-s-d start after applying the modification I added, I think this is because the computation of log(s output take some time and 'slow down the startup of g-s-d. This may be the sign of the race condition that I suspect, but it will be harder to debug. -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
This is a me too report. On my laptop running Ubuntu Lucid, my findings is that the problem always occur upon wake-up (resume) process, after I have moved my laptop (while in sleep mode) from one wi-fi area (e.g.: home) to another wi-fi area (e.g.: work), i.e. when network-manager has to change the connection to the newly available pre-registered SSID (which often fails). Then, all the gtk apps revert back to to default (ugly!) gtk theme. In order to get the ambiance theme back, I have to open the theme applet. The problem doesn't seem to happen otherwise. -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
I have tried the dbgsym version of gnome-settings-daemon, however I don't see how to go about getting a backtrace on a program that automatically starts at login. It doesn't seem to flag the apport automatic bug reporting thing, I'm guessing it starts after gnome-settings-daemon (or needs it). I tried killing and restarting gnome-settings-daemon after login about 20 times without any problems. It seems to only happen at boot (about 1 in 5 times?). So starting gnome-settings-daemon with gdb in the console won't cause the problem since it works fine after login. In addition to that those instructions on the wiki don't actually work, installing the dbgsym package doesn't seem to actually replace the binary according to the md5sum of the binary and gdb reports no symbols. No error is shown during the install, I tried with a normal apt-get, one that specified the version as shown in the wiki and through synaptic. I can't uninstall the non-debug version without it trying to remove most of Gnome. -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem. ** Summary changed: - [lucid] randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start + randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
