Comment 8 for bug 123207

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nanog (sorenimpey) wrote :

I had a similar problem after updating a box to gutsy.
Example of apport.log:
apport (pid 15562) Thu Aug 23 16:13:58 2007: called for pid 15414, signal 11
apport (pid 15562) Thu Aug 23 16:13:58 2007: executable: /usr/lib/gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon (command line "/usr/lib/gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon")
apport (pid 15562) Thu Aug 23 16:13:58 2007: apport: report /var/crash/_usr_lib_gnome-control-center_gnome-settings-daemon.1000.crash already exists and unseen, doing nothing to avoid disk usage DoS
apport (pid 15623) Thu Aug 23 16:14:00 2007: called for pid 15548, signal 11
apport (pid 15623) Thu Aug 23 16:14:00 2007: executable: /usr/lib/gnome-applets/trashapplet (command line "/usr/lib/gnome-applets/trashapplet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Panel_TrashApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=25")
apport (pid 15623) Thu Aug 23 16:14:00 2007: apport: report /var/crash/_usr_lib_gnome-applets_trashapplet.1000.crash already exists and unseen, doing nothing to avoid disk usage DoS
apport (pid 15669) Thu Aug 23 16:14:01 2007: called for pid 15585, signal 11
apport (pid 15669) Thu Aug 23 16:14:01 2007: executable: /usr/lib/gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon (command line "/usr/lib/gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon")

Although its probably unrelated I had noted that this warning came up during the dist-upgrade "X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 158".
It seems to have been caused by my forgetting to remove Virtualbox.

I removed virtualbox, auto-removed and a large set of gdm-related files were removed.
No more crashing gdm settings daemon and trashcan applet.

I've attached the crash log referenced in apport.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.