Bug#365488: gnome-session: gnome session startup crashes X 6.9

[Thibaut VARENE]

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.14.0-2
Severity: important

Note: can't tell whether that's a X or Gnome (or Nautilus?) bug. Looks like a
Gnome bug, as fluxbox doesn't trigger it.

Just upgraded my testing box, got gnome 2.14 installed. Rebooted, tried
to login at gdm prompt. Gnome looked like it was starting up, the splash
screen said "Nautilus" (showing the ugly icon, btw, see #356314), and
then X suddenly died.

Xorg.0.log shows:
[...]
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, removing
from list!

   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

Backtrace:
0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0xa0) [0x10045f20]
1: [0x100374]
2: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(EventSelectForWindow+0x208) [0x1009a4c8]
3: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(ChangeWindowAttributes+0x3e0) [0x100b3560]
4: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(ProcChangeWindowAttributes+0xa8) [0x1008ca38]
5: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(Dispatch+0x208) [0x10095568]
6: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x484) [0x100a63f4]
7: /lib/tls/libc.so.6 [0xfe7ca34]
8: /lib/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xb4) [0xfe7cb84]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Tried several times and several times it died the same way. Eventually
tried to login using "fluxbox" instead of gnome, which worked just fine.

HTH

T-Bone

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-ck8
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gconf2                    2.14.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.12.3-2     utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.11.3-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.14.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                     2.3.6-7        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libesd0                   0.2.36-3       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4               2.14.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.10.2-1       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.14.0-1       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.14.0-2       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.14.0-1       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.16-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.14.0-1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.12.1-2       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.8-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxrandr2                6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Resize, Rotate and

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus                          0.61-5     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  desktop-base                  0.3.16     common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-panel                   2.12.3-1   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  metacity                      1:2.14.1-1 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.12.2-2   file manager and graphical shell f

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