gnome-panel assert failure: gnome-panel: ../../src/xcb_io.c:378: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed.

[Dmitry Melamud]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Just after the start several applets are missing on gnome-panel (user switching, date/time) and the panel doesn't answer to mouse clicks.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: gnome-panel: ../../src/xcb_io.c:378: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed.
Date: Mon Nov 2 09:10:18 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu6
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 _XAllocID () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
Title: gnome-panel assert failure: gnome-panel: ../../src/xcb_io.c:378: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout dip firebird lpadmin mail plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:9740): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:9740): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:9791): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:9780): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

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