gnome-settings-daemon assert failure: gnome-settings-daemon: ../../src/xcb_io.c:140: dequeue_pending_request: Assertion `req == dpy->xcb->pending_requests' failed.

[Curtis Hovey]

I had started gedit from the terminal and created a new file. I pasted the content and pressed control-s, then it went belly up.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.1.3-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic-pae 3.0.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: gnome-settings-daemon: ../../src/xcb_io.c:140: dequeue_pending_request: Assertion `req == dpy->xcb->pending_requests' failed.
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Jul 11 00:01:55 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/false
 PATH=(custom, no user)
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
Title: gnome-settings-daemon assert failure: gnome-settings-daemon: ../../src/xcb_io.c:140: dequeue_pending_request: Assertion `req == dpy->xcb->pending_requests' failed.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-01 (11 days ago)
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