[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-11-03 Thread Matt Fischer
*** 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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-07-08 Thread Tamas Orszagh
*** 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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-06-27 Thread jony121
*** 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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-06-05 Thread Yrogirg
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-05-30 Thread Michał J . Gajda
For some people it also happens during a first login. See #574296 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-05-27 Thread Dawid Ciężarkiewicz
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-05-26 Thread drink
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-04-05 Thread Oliver Peters
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 Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-03-15 Thread Troy James Sobotka
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-03-09 Thread Jan Kronborg
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntuone-client/+bug/720305 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-02-21 Thread Sebastien Bacher
seems similar to bug #639913 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- desktop-bugs mailing

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-02-20 Thread Kupfer
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-02-14 Thread martin
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-02-08 Thread alex
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-02-01 Thread charles chambers
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-28 Thread David Kühling
@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 Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-28 Thread Clemens Kühling
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-21 Thread martin
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-20 Thread martin
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-20 Thread Sebastien Bacher
it seems in your case it exits and doesn't crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start --

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-17 Thread Rdvonz
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-10 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-08 Thread H3g3m0n
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-07 Thread Kupfer
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2011-01-07 Thread Ron S
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-31 Thread Rookcifer
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 Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu.

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-30 Thread Fabio Marconi
This bug in close as NOT GNOME in bugzilla tracker. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start --

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-29 Thread Starjana
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.

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-29 Thread H3g3m0n
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-25 Thread Kupfer
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-25 Thread Fabio Marconi
** 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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-24 Thread Fabio Marconi
** Tags added: lucid maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start -- desktop-bugs mailing

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-22 Thread Rookcifer
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-17 Thread Luis Lobo
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 Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-17 Thread Roman Yagodin
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-17 Thread Roman Yagodin
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-11 Thread Kupfer
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,

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-11 Thread Kupfer
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-12-02 Thread SteveTurner
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-11-30 Thread SteveTurner
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-11-30 Thread Id2ndR
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 Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-11-30 Thread SteveTurner
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-11-15 Thread SteveTurner
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-10-29 Thread Astrocitoma
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 Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-10-22 Thread Pascollin
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-08-08 Thread Id2ndR
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-08-08 Thread Id2ndR
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-07-16 Thread mlaverdiere
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

[Bug 588155] Re: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start

2010-06-01 Thread Sebastien Bacher
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