Gnome session restarts spontaneously

[Michael Spinar]

Binary package hint: gnome-session

Gutsy, usually with firefox or ZSNES running, spontaneously exits from GDM. I then have to log in again. The software is up-to-date with required updates as of Sept. 25.

Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[5618]: DEBUG: Attempting to parse key string: debug/Enable=false
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[5618]: DEBUG: Handling message: 'XPID 9974 0'
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[5618]: DEBUG: Got XPID == 0
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[5618]: DEBUG: Attempting to parse key string: debug/Enable=false
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[5618]: DEBUG: Handling message: 'SESSPID 9974 0'
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[5618]: DEBUG: Got SESSPID == 0
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[9974]: DEBUG: slave_waitpid: done_waiting
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[9974]: DEBUG: Session: start_time: 1190693656 end_time: 1190763172
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[9974]: DEBUG: session '10020' exited with status '1', recording logout
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[9974]: DEBUG: Display device is /dev/tty7 for display :0
Sep 25 18:32:52 Jennifer-old gdm[9974]: DEBUG: Writing logout utmp-wtmp record

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 20 20:44:11 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-session
NonfreeKernelModules: cdrom
Package: gnome-session 2.20.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: x-session-manager
ProcCwd: /home/mspinar
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-session
StacktraceTop:
 random_r () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 srandom_r () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 srandom () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 gnome_sound_init () from /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0
 ?? ()
Title: gnome-session crashed with SIGSEGV in random_r()
Uname: Linux Jennifer-old 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:random_r () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
srandom_r () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
srandom () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
gnome_sound_init (hostname=0x0) at gnome-sound.c:551
gsm_sound_login () at gsm-sound.c:93

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480967

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Do you still get the issue? Do you have a way to trigger it?

[Jan Kaláb (pitel)]

I have a similar issue, gnome session sometimes suddenly ends. But it has never happened when I was working, only after long time of inactivity, so I don't know if it's the same bug. But it didn't happened in feisty. And it happens only on my laptop, desktop is ok.

[Paul Taylor (paul-taylor-london)]

I'm using Ubuntu Dapper on some elderly hardware. As with Jan Kalab, this has happened to me a number of times after a period of inactivity. On the last occasion, I had only a Gnome Terminal, Emacs and Xdvi running; I was sitting on the other side of the room, the screensaver was running, and then suddenly there was just a Gnome Login window.

[Paul Taylor (paul-taylor-london)]

It happened to me again this evening. Here's some stuff from /var/log

/var/log/messages syslog and user.log:
21:04:44 localhost gconfd (pt-5429): Received signal 15, shutting down cleanly
21:04:53 localhost gconfd (pt-5429): Exiting

auth.log:
21:04:51 localhost gdm[4876]: (pam_unix) session closed for user pt

daemon.log:
21:04:53 localhost gdm[4876]: Error reinitilizing server

Xorg.0.log:
Fatal server error: Caught signal 4. Server aborting

This was preceded by the following backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x86) [0x80b4b06]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so(_swrast_Triangle+0x2d) [0xb7b5b77d]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so [0xb7b9bae5]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so [0xb7bb325f]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so [0xb7bb45ab]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so(_tnl_run_pipeline+0x16e) [0xb7ba24b7]
7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so(_tnl_playback_vertex_list+0x4cc) [0xb7ba8c3c]
8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so [0xb7ac5872]
9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so(_mesa_CallList+0x47) [0xb7ac5d07]
10: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so(glCallList+0x23) [0xb7aa9eed]
11: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(__glXDisp_CallList+0x1f) [0xb7cad3f3]
12: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(__glXRender+0xd0) [0xb7cc573f]
13: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [0xb7cc848d]
14: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x19e) [0x8085d86]
15: /usr/bin/X(main+0x47c) [0x806e108]
16: /lib/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd4) [0xb7de7ea4]
17: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x8d) [0x806d671]

Hope this helps a bit.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

This new comment is an xorg crasher not a gnome-session issue

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

nobody seems to have the issue on hardy, closing the bug, feel free to reopen if you get the issue again using the new version

[Paul Taylor (paul-taylor-london)]

Maybe the bug has metamorphosed. At any rate, the following is similar, but I cannot work out
the appropriate heading under which to report it - if you know, please redirect my report as
appropriate.

I now have Xubuntu 8.04 (from the 24 April CD image) on the same machine.

On several occasions "it" (probably the X server) has frozen. This collection of log files comes
from the first such occasion. The update-manager was doing its stuff in the background
(fixing the SSL vulnerability), although that hangs too, and I think I had XDVI running, maybe
Firefox. I was mainly using Emacs22-gtk. I deleted a line in a file, the lines either side appeared
superimposed, then the mouse cursor disappeared.

I managed to login remotely using ssh. I found that the X server was taking 98% of the CPU,
so I killed it, but it resurrected itself and again hogged the CPU. This happenned several times.
However, I managed to save these files from /var/log.

I have had two more similar experiences, without being about to save the logs.

Similar reports on other Linux web sites have said that X hogs the CPU when there is a remote
session, but that I cannot see how to do diagnosis without having a remote session.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

your comment doesn't seem to be a gdm crash issue

[istblacken (behlulkahyaoglu)]

i am having the same issue with Jaunty. (9.04) Gdm spontaneously restarts (randomly) and not related to any other software. here is my sys.log
May 11 16:32:50 syslogd 1.5.0#5ubuntu3: restart.
May 11 16:32:50 anacron[3149]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
May 11 16:32:50 anacron[3149]: Normal exit (1 job run)
May 11 16:40:01 /USR/SBiN/CRON[6108]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 16:50:01 /USR/SBiN/CRON[6348]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:00:01 /USR/SBiN/CRON[6583]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd hourly 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:00:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[6587]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:10:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[6855]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:17:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7173]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 11 17:20:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7229]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:30:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7466]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:40:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7711]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:50:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7943]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 18:00:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[8172]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd hourly 2>/dev/null)
May 11 18:00:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[8173]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 18:06:03 behlul-laptop gdm[4204]: WARNING: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - :0 restarting
May 11 18:06:04 behlul-laptop bonobo-activation-server (behlul-8360): could not associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-GaHxEml4kX: Connection refused
May 11 18:06:05 behlul-laptop acpid: client 4216[0:0] has disconnected
May 11 18:06:05 behlul-laptop acpid: client 4216[0:0] has disconnected
May 11 18:06:05 behlul-laptop acpid: client connected from 8381[0:0]
May 11 18:06:08 behlul-laptop acpid: client connected from 8381[0:0]
May 11 18:06:15 behlul-laptop pulseaudio[8491]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
May 11 18:06:18 behlul-laptop gnome-session[8419]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'nm-applet.desktop': Unable to start application: "nm-applet" oğul süreç çalıştırılırken hata oluştu (No such file or directory)
May 11 18:06:18 behlul-laptop pulseaudio[8491]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running.
May 11 18:06:18 behlul-laptop pulseaudio[8491]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
May 11 18:06:19 behlul-laptop anacron[8690]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2009-05-11
May 11 18:06:19 behlul-laptop anacron[8690]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
May 11 18:10:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[8827]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /us...

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

You have a crashing Xserver that's unrelated to this bug

On May 11, 2009 4:25 PM, "istblacken" <email address hidden> wrote:

i am having the same issue with Jaunty. (9.04) Gdm spontaneously restarts
(randomly) and not related to any other software. here is my sys.log
May 11 16:32:50 syslogd 1.5.0#5ubuntu3: restart.
May 11 16:32:50 anacron[3149]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
May 11 16:32:50 anacron[3149]: Normal exit (1 job run)
May 11 16:40:01 /USR/SBiN/CRON[6108]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 16:50:01 /USR/SBiN/CRON[6348]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:00:01 /USR/SBiN/CRON[6583]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd hourly 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:00:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[6587]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:10:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[6855]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:17:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7173]: (root) CMD ( cd / &&
run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 11 17:20:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7229]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:30:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7466]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:40:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7711]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 17:50:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[7943]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 18:00:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[8172]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd hourly 2>/dev/null)
May 11 18:00:01 behlul-laptop /USR/SBiN/CRON[8173]: (root) CMD ([ -x
/usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)
May 11 18:06:03 behlul-laptop gdm[4204]: WARNING:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - :0 restarting
May 11 18:06:04 behlul-laptop bonobo-activation-server (behlul-8360): could
not associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to socket
/tmp/dbus-GaHxEml4kX: Connection refused
May 11 18:06:05 behlul-laptop acpid: client 4216[0:0] has disconnected
May 11 18:06:05 behlul-laptop acpid: client 4216[0:0] has disconnected
May 11 18:06:05 behlul-laptop acpid: client connected from 8381[0:0]
May 11 18:06:08 behlul-laptop acpid: client connected from 8381[0:0]
May 11 18:06:15 behlul-laptop pulseaudio[8491]: pid.c: Stale PID file,
overwriting.
May 11 18:06:18 behlul-laptop gnome-session[8419]: WARNING: Could not launch
application 'nm-applet.desktop': Unable to start application: "nm-applet"
oğul süreç çalıştırılırken hata oluştu (No such file or directory)
May 11 18:06:18 behlul-laptop pulseaudio[8491]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11
session manager not running.
May 11 18:06:18 behlul-laptop pulseaudio[8491]: module.c: Failed to load
 module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
May 11 18:06:19 behlul-laptop anacron[8690]: Anacron 2.3 started on
2009-05-11
May 11 18:06:19 behlul-laptop anacron[869...