Comment 52 for bug 198951

Description of problem:

Booting the new kernel with "i915.modeset=1" causes gnome-settings-daemon to
crash after logging in.

From kernel changelog:

* Thu Mar 06 2008 Dave Airlie <email address hidden>
- Add initial i915 drm modesetting tree - needs i915.modeset=1 on command
  line + new libdrm + new intel driver to actually be useful

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

gnome-settings-daemon-2.21.92-2.fc9.x86_64
kernel-2.6.25-0.101.rc4.git3.fc9.x86_64
libdrm-2.4.0-0.9.fc9.i386
libdrm-2.4.0-0.9.fc9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-1.99.1-0.1.fc9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.2.1-9.fc9.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.901-1.20080307.fc9.x86_64

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot above kernel version with i915.modeset=1 command line
2. log into GNOME, note dialog about gnome-settings-daemon failing to start
3. try running "/usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon" manually

Actual results:

> /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Starting settings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/clipboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrdb for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/font for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/typing-break for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xsettings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keybindings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/dummy for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin:
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/a11y-keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x122e8f0 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing
Resource Timestamp: 63841
Resource Configuration Timestamp: 63841
CRTC 39 Timestamp: 63841
CRTC 3a Timestamp: 63841
Output 3b Timestamp: 63841

> ps auxw | grep gnome-settings-daemon

(nothing returned)

Expected results:

gnome-settings-daemon shouldn't crash

Additional info:

See attached run through strace and gdb.