gnome-session-binary[1676]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop

[dino99]

Looks like a regression; the gnome-shell session is often crashing and ask again for login.

From journalctl:

gnome-session[1676]: gnome-session-binary[1676]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[1676]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[1676]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop
gnome-session[1676]: gnome-session-binary[1676]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
gnome-session-binary[1676]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: gnome-session 3.23.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-16.17-generic 4.9.6
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Feb 11 08:48:03 2017
SourcePackage: gnome-session
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[dino99 (9d9)]

Still getting many crashes (one after each cold boot)

oem@u64:~$ journalctl | grep gnome-session
gnome-session[3400]: gnome-session-binary[3400]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
gnome-session-binary[3400]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
gnome-session[3400]: gnome-session-binary[3400]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[3400]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[3400]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop
gnome-session[3400]: gnome-session-binary[3400]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
gnome-session-binary[3400]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
gnome-session-c[6116]: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-mQd6IV6xDi: Connection refused
gnome-session[6029]: gnome-session-binary[6029]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
gnome-session-binary[6029]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
gnome-session-binary[6029]: Entering running state

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

3.23.90 works fine
but 3.23.91 is unusable again: login loop, X does not start via tty. Other DEs also fail.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

If you are still experiencing this bug, please report it to GNOME.

[Igor (invy)]

Got same crashes after today's update.
gnome-session[3519]: gnome-session-binary[3519]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[3519]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session[4940]: gnome-session-binary[4940]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[4940]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session[6108]: gnome-session-binary[6108]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[6108]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session[6763]: gnome-session-binary[6763]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' failed to register before timeout
gnome-session-binary[6763]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' failed to register before timeout

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

with the latest version (.92) that error is no more logged on my system.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I'm going to go ahead and close this since it seems this isn't reproducible on Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 with all updates installed. But you can reopen this or file a new bug if you get this issue again.

[Sergio Bossa (sbtourist)]

Still sometimes getting this error on Ubuntu 17.10, causing the screen to go blank and session to restart.

[Frits Jalvingh (fjalvingh)]

18.04 has this quite often too, most of the times about 1 to 2 minutes after the first login.

[Dane Powell (danepowell)]

I'm seeing this on 18.04 as well, gnome-settings-daemon 3.28.1-0ubuntu1. Can we get this reopened?

Jul 30 06:52:10 bean gnome-session[1964]: gnome-session-binary[1964]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Jul 30 06:52:10 bean gnome-session-binary[1964]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Jul 30 06:52:10 bean gnome-session-binary[1964]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop
Jul 30 06:52:10 bean gnome-session[1964]: gnome-session-binary[1964]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
Jul 30 06:52:10 bean gnome-session-binary[1964]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....

[Dane Powell (danepowell)]

Seems like this is the newer version of this bug for 18.04 if folks want to follow up there: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1764417