Gnome-settings segfault when Networking restarts

[Peter Nagy]

When restarting networking service from command line with
$ sudo service networking restart
Unity crashes and I fond below line in syslog:

Oct 29 16:26:45 oblivion kernel: [11254.819520] gnome-settings-[19551]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f46ac45d3d5 sp 00007fff326dae40 error 4 in libpower.so[7f46ac44d000+19000]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47-generic 3.8.13.10
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Tue Oct 29 16:39:42 2013
DistUpgraded: 2013-08-24 12:30:06,181 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: raring
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:215a]
MachineType: LENOVO 2537VC2
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-32-generic root=/dev/mapper/username--ubuntu-root ro splash quiet vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-08-24 (66 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET65WW (1.25 )
dmi.board.name: 2537VC2
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET65WW(1.25):bd06/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2537VC2:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2537VC2:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2537VC2
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4.3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Tue Oct 29 13:27:18 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2
xserver.video_driver: intel

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Unity probably shut down when the gnome-settings-daemon crashed (glib policy is to abend on remote communication disconnect). It's likely not a problem in Unity but we'll track this bug task just in case.