I have the same problem since trying Hardy Heron Alpha 4+. Brand new install on a HP NX 9030 Laptop, French language (Canadian French, Québec location) g-s-d crashes on every boot, except on the live-install-cd. I tried to update to latest version of every package and then reboot, but the same thing is always happenning. Here is g-s-d in debug mode, it looks like it crashed on xrandr manager. <<< mbelleau@mbelleau-laptop:~$ gnome-settings-daemon --debug ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Starting settings manager ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/ ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/dummy for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrdb for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/clipboard for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/typing-break for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/a11y-keyboard for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/font for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xsettings for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keybindings for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8081c00 initialising ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:7841): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager Resource Timestamp: 35776 Resource Configuration Timestamp: 118161 CRTC 49 Timestamp: 35776 CRTC 4a Timestamp: 35776 Output 4b Timestamp: 35776 Erreur de segmentation (core dumped) mbelleau@mbelleau-laptop:~$ dpkg -l | grep gnome-settings-daemon ii gnome-settings-daemon 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME settings daemon mbelleau@mbelleau-laptop:~$ >>>