gnome-settings-daemon segfault reading monitors.xml from intrepid

[Martin Pool]

Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon

gnome-settings-daemon will not start, and I get lines like this in /var/log/messages:

Jan 4 19:31:53 lithe kernel: [11900.040509] gnome-settings-[6223]: segfault at 4 ip b7000b2b sp bff3e150 error 4 in libgnome-desktop-2.so.11.0.0[b6fe8000+20000]
Jan 4 19:33:22 lithe kernel: [11989.000052] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -90445144 ns)
Jan 4 19:34:23 lithe kernel: [12049.590154] gnome-settings-[6405]: segfault at 4 ip b6ef9b2b sp bfe35420 error 4 in libgnome-desktop-2.so.11.0.0[b6ee1000+20000]
Jan 4 19:34:34 lithe kernel: [12060.784394] gnome-settings-[6410]: segfault at 4 ip b6fe8b2b sp bfe23c10 error 4 in libgnome-desktop-2.so.11.0.0[b6fd0000+20000]
Jan 4 19:36:05 lithe kernel: [12151.184645] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
Jan 4 19:36:17 lithe kernel: [12163.529490] gnome-settings-[6469]: segfault at 4 ip b7085b2b sp bfdc13b0 error 4 in libgnome-desktop-2.so.11.0.0[b706d000+20000]

I don't have a crash file for it at present.

strace on it shows it crashed just after reading monitors.xml, which is attached

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

This monitors.xml file was generated using the Displays tool in Intrepid, and it was not causing problems there.

Moving it out of the way lets gnome-settings-daemon start up successfully, but with these messages:

mbp@lithe% gnome-settings-daemon

** (gnome-settings-daemon:6792): CRITICAL **: gnome_rr_config_free: assertion `config != NULL' failed
xrdb: "*Label.background" on line 220 overrides entry on line 150
xrdb: "*Text.background" on line 226 overrides entry on line 191
xrdb: "*Label.foreground" on line 232 overrides entry on line 151
xrdb: "*Text.foreground" on line 238 overrides entry on line 192
Warning: Type "PC_RALT_LEVEL2" has 2 levels, but <LALT> has 3 symbols
                  Ignoring extra symbols
Warning: Key <OUTP> not found in evdev+aliases(qwerty) keycodes
                  Symbols ignored
Warning: Key <KITG> not found in evdev+aliases(qwerty) keycodes
                  Symbols ignored
Warning: Key <KIDN> not found in evdev+aliases(qwerty) keycodes
                  Symbols ignored
Warning: Key <KIUP> not found in evdev+aliases(qwerty) keycodes
                  Symbols ignored
Warning: Key <RO> not found in evdev+aliases(qwerty) keycodes
                  Symbols ignored
Warning: No symbols defined for <AB11> (keycode 97)
Warning: No symbols defined for <JPCM> (keycode 103)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I120> (keycode 120)
Warning: No symbols defined for <AE13> (keycode 132)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I149> (keycode 149)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I154> (keycode 154)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I161> (keycode 161)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I168> (keycode 168)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I178> (keycode 178)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I183> (keycode 183)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I184> (keycode 184)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK13> (keycode 191)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK14> (keycode 192)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK15> (keycode 193)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK16> (keycode 194)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK17> (keycode 195)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK18> (keycode 196)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK19> (keycode 197)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK20> (keycode 198)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK21> (keycode 199)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK22> (keycode 200)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK23> (keycode 201)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK24> (keycode 202)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I217> (keycode 217)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I219> (keycode 219)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I221> (keycode 221)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I222> (keycode 222)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I224> (keycode 224)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I226> (keycode 226)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I228> (keycode 228)
Warning: ...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, what ubuntu version do you use?

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

I encountered this when upgrading from intrepid to jaunty.

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Martin

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

confirmed and similar to bug #314406