see the openjdk build logs, e.g. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b20-1.9-0ubuntu1 is this a metacity configuration error, or an xvfb error? the last working build was on Jul 30: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/openjdk-6/6b20~pre2-0ubuntu2 mkdir -p bin ( \ echo '#!/bin/sh'; \ echo 'metacity &'; \ echo 'pid=$!'; \ echo 'sleep 3'; \ echo '"$@"'; \ echo 'kill -9 $pid'; \ ) > bin/my-jtreg-run chmod 755 bin/my-jtreg-run echo 'xvfb-run -a -e xvfb-run.log -s "-extension GLX" my-jtreg-run "$@"' > bin/my-xvfb-run if ! /bin/sh bin/my-xvfb-run true ; then \ echo "error running $(cat bin/my-xvfb-run)"; \ cat xvfb-run.log; \ echo 'xvfb-run -a -e xvfb-run.log -s "$@"' > bin/my-xvfb-run; \ if ! /bin/sh bin/my-xvfb-run true ; then \ echo "error running $(cat bin/my-xvfb-run)"; \ cat xvfb-run.log; \ rm -f bin/my-xvfb-run; \ fi; \ fi Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: "(null)" found in configuration database is not a valid value for mouse button modifier Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Could not parse font description "(null)" from GConf key /apps/metacity/general/titlebar_font Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: 0 stored in GConf key /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces is out of range 1 to 36 Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) Window manager warning: 0 stored in GConf key /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_size is out of range 1 to 128 GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Cannot spawn a message bus without a machine-id: Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id: Failed to open file '/var/lib/dbus/machine-id': No such file or directory) ** metacity:ERROR:core/prefs.c:2495:meta_prefs_get_workspace_name: assertion failed: (workspace_names[i] != NULL) kill: 6: No such process error running xvfb-run -a -e xvfb-run.log -s "-extension GLX" my-jtreg-run "$@" _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created. [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list! 5 XSELINUXs still allocated at reset SCREEN: 0 objects of 64 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DEVICE: 4 objects of 16 bytes = 64 total bytes 0 private allocs CLIENT: 0 objects of 92 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs WINDOW: 0 objects of 16 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs PIXMAP: 1 objects of 8 bytes = 8 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 0 objects of 44 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 12 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 5 objects, 72 bytes, 0 allocs 4 DEVICEs still allocated at reset DEVICE: 4 objects of 16 bytes = 64 total bytes 0 private allocs CLIENT: 0 objects of 92 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs WINDOW: 0 objects of 16 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs PIXMAP: 1 objects of 8 bytes = 8 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 0 objects of 44 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 12 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 5 objects, 72 bytes, 0 allocs 1 PIXMAPs still allocated at reset PIXMAP: 1 objects of 8 bytes = 8 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 0 objects of 44 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 12 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 1 objects, 8 bytes, 0 allocs [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list! xvfb-run: usage error: need a command to run Usage: xvfb-run [OPTION ...] COMMAND Run COMMAND (usually an X client) in a virtual X server environment. Options: -a --auto-servernum try to get a free server number, starting at --server-num -e FILE --error-file=FILE file used to store xauth errors and Xvfb output (default: xvfb-run.log) -f FILE --auth-file=FILE file used to store auth cookie (default: ./.Xauthority) -h --help display this usage message and exit -n NUM --server-num=NUM server number to use (default: 99) -l --listen-tcp enable TCP port listening in the X server -p PROTO --xauth-protocol=PROTO X authority protocol name to use (default: xauth command's default) -s ARGS --server-args=ARGS arguments (other than server number and "-nolisten tcp") to pass to the Xvfb server (default: "true") -w DELAY --wait=DELAY delay in seconds to wait for Xvfb to start before running COMMAND (default: 3) error running xvfb-run -a -e xvfb-run.log -s "$@" _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created. [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list! 5 XSELINUXs still allocated at reset SCREEN: 0 objects of 64 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DEVICE: 4 objects of 16 bytes = 64 total bytes 0 private allocs CLIENT: 0 objects of 92 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs WINDOW: 0 objects of 16 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs PIXMAP: 1 objects of 8 bytes = 8 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 0 objects of 44 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 12 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 5 objects, 72 bytes, 0 allocs 4 DEVICEs still allocated at reset DEVICE: 4 objects of 16 bytes = 64 total bytes 0 private allocs CLIENT: 0 objects of 92 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs WINDOW: 0 objects of 16 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs PIXMAP: 1 objects of 8 bytes = 8 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 0 objects of 44 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 12 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 5 objects, 72 bytes, 0 allocs 1 PIXMAPs still allocated at reset PIXMAP: 1 objects of 8 bytes = 8 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 0 objects of 44 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 4 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 12 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 1 objects, 8 bytes, 0 allocs [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list!