[gutsy tribe 2] gnome-appearance-properties hangs everything

[ubuntu_demon]

Binary package hint: compiz

I'm booting from a gutsy tribe 2 cd.

Starting or using gnome-appearance-properties (system->preferences->appearance) hangs everything.

After this "hang" I can still go to tty but any command I give hangs too (I can type without any problem but once I press enter it hangs).

I would guess this bug is related to Compiz Fuzion or X but I'm not sure.

Possible useful attachments I will attach prior to the bug occurring (gnome-appearance-properties not running) :
* ~/.xsession-errors, /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and the output of glxinfo and xdpyinfo.

My machine :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AhtecStyleX30Duo

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

Starting or using gnome-appearance-properties (system->preferences->appearance) *sometimes* hangs everything.

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

The diff between .xsession-errors before starting gnome-appearance-properties and after :

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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme file for DMZ-Black has no directories
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme file for DMZ-White has no directories
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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< (gnome-appearance-properties:6394): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

ubuntu_demon :
gnome-appearance-properties lives in gnome-control-center
since I can't be sure the "hang" is related to compiz I assigned the but to gnome-control-center

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

This time I was lucky and I was able to start gnome-appearance-properties enable extra desktop-effects and close gnome-appearance-properties again without a hang.

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

*all the logfiles I attached to this bugreport are of the same session and I didn't experience any hang this time*

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

after enabling desktop-effects should be after enabling *extra* desktop-effects

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

ubuntu_demon : "but" should be "bug" :)

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

When gnome-appearance-properties hanged my system there was nothing I could do other than pressing my power button.

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

I'm running Gutsy fully updated and installed from Tribe 3. Bug is solved.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. thanks for your comments, marked as fixed then.