Public bug reported:
Starting the control-center from the menu results in a crash:
```
Jan 27 11:15:17 gnome-control-center[10830]: Couldn't connect to proxy: Error
calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.UPower: Failed to activate
service 'org.freedesktop.UPower': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)
Jan 27 11:15:17 kernel: gnome-control-c[10830]: segfault at 8 ip
000079ff13f9e710 sp 00007ffcf1abdb70 error 4 in
libupower-glib.so.3.1.1[18710,79ff13f90000+10000] likely on CPU 0 (core 0,
socket 0)
Jan 27 11:15:17 gsd-power[10788]: Failed to start: Error calling
StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.UPower: Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.UPower': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)
Jan 27 11:15:17 gnome-control-center[10830]: up_client_get_devices_full:
assertion 'UP_IS_CLIENT (client)' failed
Jan 27 11:15:17 kernel: Code: 8b 7d e0 ba 13 00 00 00 89 c6 e8 4b 2b ff ff 85
c0 75 be 48 8b 45 e0 48 8d 15 a4 2e 00 00 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 3d 48 19 00 00
<48> 8b 48 08 31 c0 e8 e5 2f ff ff eb 9a e8 4e 2c ff ff 0f 1f 00 66
Jan 27 11:15:17 systemd[3012]: org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.service: Main
process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 27 11:15:17 systemd-coredump[10907]: Process 10830 (gnome-control-c) of
user 1001 terminated abnormally with signal 11/SEGV, processing...
Jan 27 11:15:17 systemd[1]: Started
systemd-coredump@1-4097-10907_10908-0.service - Process Core Dump (PID
10907/UID 0).
```
Starting on console, it hangs for 5 seconds and then crashes:
```
% gnome-control-center
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libEGL warning: failed to get driver name for fd -1
MESA: error: ZINK: failed to choose pdev
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
12:08:18.8960 libupower-glib[28070]: WARNING: Couldn't connect to proxy:
Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.UPower: Failed to activate
service 'org.freedesktop.UPower': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)
12:08:18.8961 libupower-glib[28070]:CRITICAL: up_client_get_devices_full:
assertion 'UP_IS_CLIENT (client)' failed
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) gnome-control-center
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:49.2.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.18.0-9.9-generic 6.18.5
Uname: Linux 6.18.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 27 11:16:27 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-24 (1009 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute wayland-session
** Attachment added: "back trace of control-center crash"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2139140/+attachment/5941080/+files/control-center.bt
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