Bug#532303: Inside a VNC session, gnome-settings-daemon segfaults after printing "Starting mouse manager"

Markus Laker mlaker at bluearc.com
Mon Jun 8 12:05:32 UTC 2009 

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.24.1-3
Severity: important

When run inside a VNC session, gnome-settings-daemon always segfaults.  If I run it as

gnome-settings-daemon --debug --no-daemon

then it prints this:

Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1.0".
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting settings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Typing Break' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin' location='typing-break'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/typing-break for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/housekeeping.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Housekeeping' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/housekeeping.gnome-settings-plugin' location='housekeeping'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/housekeeping for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Keybindings' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin' location='keybindings'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keybindings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Accessibility Keyboard' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin' location='a11y-keyboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/a11y-keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Screensaver' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin' location='screensaver'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Mouse' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin' location='mouse'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Sound' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin' location='sound'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Media keys' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin' location='media-keys'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Clipboard' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin' location='clipboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/clipboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Keyboard' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin' location='keyboard'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Background' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin' location='background'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Dummy' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin' location='dummy'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/dummy for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='XRandR' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin' location='xrandr'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='Font' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin' location='font'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/font for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='X Settings' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin' location='xsettings'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xsettings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsPluginInfo: name='X Resource Database' file='/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin' location='xrdb'
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrdb for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x264a000 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager

** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): WARNING **: Unable to start xrandr manager: Failed to initialize XRandR extension
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting plugin-activated xrandr
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin xrandr: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x264a0a0 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxsettings.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeXSettingsPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating xsettings plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting xsettings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting plugin-activated xsettings
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin xsettings: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c770 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libsound.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdSoundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating sound plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting sound manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting plugin-activated sound
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin sound: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c720 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libfont.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdFontPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating font plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting font manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting plugin-activated font
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin font: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c680 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libbackground.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdBackgroundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating background plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting background manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting plugin-activated background
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin background: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x268c5e0 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libkeyboard.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdKeyboardPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating keyboard plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting keyboard manager

** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): WARNING **: XKB extension not available

** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): WARNING **: Neither XKeyboard not Xfree86's keyboard extensions are available,
no way to support keyboard autorepeat rate settings
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsManager: emitting plugin-activated keyboard
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Plugin keyboard: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x2684b20 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libmouse.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Registering GsdMousePlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdMousePlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: GsdMousePlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Activating mouse plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:9465): DEBUG: Starting mouse manager
Segmentation fault



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (1001, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.26.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.12-1   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.80-4     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd0                       0.2.41-4   Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-3    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.20.1-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.26.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                   2.26.0-1   The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomekbd3                  2.24.0-3   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.23-2  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.23-1  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.1-2   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.1-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.1.4-1  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier12                 3.9-1      X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxxf86misc1                 1:1.0.1-3  X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver            2.24.1-2+b1 GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  kde-window-manager [x-window 4:4.2.2-2   the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]  1:2.24.0-2  A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  sawfish [x-window-manager]   1:1.3.4-1   a window manager for X11
ii  twm [x-window-manager]       1:1.0.4-2   Tab window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils            7.4+2       X server utilities

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