gnome-settings-daemon assert failure: gnome-settings-daemon: ../../src/xcb_io.c:515: _XReply: Assertion `!dpy->xcb->reply_data' failed.

[Andy Rogers]

happens upon login to gnome-shell

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.1.4-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: gnome-settings-daemon: ../../src/xcb_io.c:515: _XReply: Assertion `!dpy->xcb->reply_data' failed.
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Aug 3 17:16:03 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.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
 _XReply () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
Title: gnome-settings-daemon assert failure: gnome-settings-daemon: ../../src/xcb_io.c:515: _XReply: Assertion `!dpy->xcb->reply_data' failed.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-30 (6 days ago)
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