Bug#527084: gdm is segfaulting regularly when I boot the machine

Tom Epperly tomepperly at comcast.net
Tue May 5 15:08:48 UTC 2009


Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.9-1
Severity: normal


faerun:~# grep gdm /var/log/syslog.0
May  4 19:06:36 faerun kernel: [   59.508546] gdmgreeter[3848]: segfault at 7f6c2faf676b ip 00007f6bd16287d0 sp 00007fffdd699068 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7f6bd15af000+149000]
May  4 19:06:39 faerun kernel: [   62.254527] gdmgreeter[3995]: segfault at 7fd6900e076b ip 00007fd631c127d0 sp 00007fff3dc83fb8 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7fd631b99000+149000]
May  4 19:06:41 faerun gdm[4014]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  4 19:06:41 faerun gdm[3720]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 0) 
May  4 19:06:41 faerun kernel: [   64.513590] gdm[4014]: segfault at 7f55dbb2876b ip 00007f557c4737d0 sp 00007fff880912b8 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7f557c3fa000+149000]
May  4 19:06:41 faerun gdm[4015]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  4 19:06:41 faerun gdm[3720]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 1) 
May  4 19:06:41 faerun kernel: [   64.531948] gdm[4015]: segfault at 7f55dbd5376b ip 00007f557c4737d0 sp 00007fff88091028 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7f557c3fa000+149000]
May  4 19:06:41 faerun gdm[4016]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  4 19:06:41 faerun gdm[3720]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 1 1) 
May  4 19:06:41 faerun kernel: [   64.549877] gdm[4016]: segfault at 7f55dbd5376b ip 00007f557c4737d0 sp 00007fff88090d98 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7f557c3fa000+149000]
May  4 19:06:48 faerun gdm[4054]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  4 19:06:48 faerun gdm[3720]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 0) 
May  4 19:06:49 faerun kernel: [   71.869246] gdm[4054]: segfault at 7f55dbb2876b ip 00007f557c4737d0 sp 00007fff880912b8 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7f557c3fa000+149000]
May  4 19:06:49 faerun gdm[4055]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  4 19:06:49 faerun gdm[3720]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 1) 
May  4 19:06:49 faerun kernel: [   71.889504] gdm[4055]: segfault at 7f55dbd5376b ip 00007f557c4737d0 sp 00007fff88091028 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7f557c3fa000+149000]
May  4 19:06:49 faerun gdm[4056]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  4 19:06:49 faerun gdm[3720]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 1 1) 
May  4 19:06:49 faerun kernel: [   71.909293] gdm[4056]: segfault at 7f55dbd5376b ip 00007f557c4737d0 sp 00007fff88090d98 error 4 in libc-2.9.so[7f557c3fa000+149000]
faerun:~# grep gdm /var/log/syslog
May  5 07:30:00 faerun kernel: [   62.919191] gdmgreeter[3977]: segfault at 7fc54381ae32 ip 00007fc4893deb38 sp 00007fff923f4ad0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fc4892db000+3ef000]
May  5 07:30:03 faerun kernel: [   65.855905] gdmgreeter[4097]: segfault at 7f874ac47e32 ip 00007f869080bb38 sp 00007fff99822b60 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7f8690708000+3ef000]
May  5 07:30:06 faerun gdm[4117]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 07:30:06 faerun gdm[3746]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 0) 
May  5 07:30:06 faerun kernel: [   68.294590] gdm[4117]: segfault at 7fbc9acd3e32 ip 00007fbbdf53ab38 sp 00007fffe82751c0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fbbdf437000+3ef000]
May  5 07:30:06 faerun gdm[4118]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 07:30:06 faerun gdm[3746]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 1) 
May  5 07:30:06 faerun kernel: [   68.321793] gdm[4118]: segfault at 7fbc9aefee32 ip 00007fbbdf53ab38 sp 00007fffe8274f30 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fbbdf437000+3ef000]
May  5 07:30:06 faerun gdm[4119]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 07:30:06 faerun gdm[3746]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 1 1) 
May  5 07:30:06 faerun kernel: [   68.348418] gdm[4119]: segfault at 7fbc9aefee32 ip 00007fbbdf53ab38 sp 00007fffe8274ca0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fbbdf437000+3ef000]
May  5 07:30:13 faerun gdm[4268]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 07:30:14 faerun gdm[3746]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 0) 
May  5 07:30:14 faerun kernel: [   75.938556] gdm[4268]: segfault at 7fbc9acd3e32 ip 00007fbbdf53ab38 sp 00007fffe82751c0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fbbdf437000+3ef000]
May  5 07:30:14 faerun gdm[4269]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 07:30:14 faerun gdm[3746]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 1) 
May  5 07:30:14 faerun kernel: [   75.962624] gdm[4269]: segfault at 7fbc9aefee32 ip 00007fbbdf53ab38 sp 00007fffe8274f30 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fbbdf437000+3ef000]
May  5 07:30:14 faerun gdm[4270]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 07:30:14 faerun gdm[3746]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 1 1) 
May  5 07:30:14 faerun kernel: [   75.987619] gdm[4270]: segfault at 7fbc9aefee32 ip 00007fbbdf53ab38 sp 00007fffe8274ca0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fbbdf437000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:35 faerun kernel: [   61.596124] gdmgreeter[3993] general protection ip:7fffc2d35b38 sp:7fffcbd4cf20 error:0 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fffc2c32000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:38 faerun kernel: [   64.519283] gdmgreeter[4066]: segfault at 7fee26aa2e32 ip 00007fed6c666b38 sp 00007fff7567d9c0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7fed6c563000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:41 faerun gdm[4087]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 08:01:41 faerun kernel: [   67.000129] gdm[4087]: segfault at 7f3b0381ce32 ip 00007f3a48083b38 sp 00007fff50dbd7e0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7f3a47f80000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:41 faerun gdm[3788]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 0) 
May  5 08:01:41 faerun gdm[4088]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 08:01:41 faerun gdm[3788]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 1) 
May  5 08:01:41 faerun kernel: [   67.027446] gdm[4088]: segfault at 7f3b03a47e32 ip 00007f3a48083b38 sp 00007fff50dbd550 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7f3a47f80000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:41 faerun gdm[4089]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 08:01:41 faerun gdm[3788]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 1 1) 
May  5 08:01:41 faerun kernel: [   67.054591] gdm[4089]: segfault at 7f3b03a47e32 ip 00007f3a48083b38 sp 00007fff50dbd2c0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7f3a47f80000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:48 faerun gdm[4109]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 08:01:49 faerun gdm[3788]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 0) 
May  5 08:01:49 faerun kernel: [   74.639576] gdm[4109]: segfault at 7f3b0381ce32 ip 00007f3a48083b38 sp 00007fff50dbd7e0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7f3a47f80000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:49 faerun gdm[4110]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 08:01:49 faerun gdm[3788]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 1) 
May  5 08:01:49 faerun kernel: [   74.666639] gdm[4110]: segfault at 7f3b03a47e32 ip 00007f3a48083b38 sp 00007fff50dbd550 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7f3a47f80000+3ef000]
May  5 08:01:49 faerun gdm[4111]: Gtk-WARNING: Ignoring the separator setting 
May  5 08:01:49 faerun gdm[3788]: WARNING: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 1 1) 
May  5 08:01:49 faerun kernel: [   74.694155] gdm[4111]: segfault at 7f3b03a47e32 ip 00007f3a48083b38 sp 00007fff50dbd2c0 error 4 in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1[7f3a47f80000+3ef000]
faerun:~# 

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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                3.110             add and remove users and groups
ii  afterstep [x-window-ma 2.2.8-2           window manager with the NEXTSTEP l
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.26            Debian configuration management sy
ii  eterm [x-terminal-emul 0.9.5-2           Enlightened Terminal Emulator
ii  fvwm [x-window-manager 1:2.5.27.ds-3     F(?) Virtual Window Manager
ii  gksu                   2.0.2-2+b1        graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session [x-sessi 2.22.3-3          The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-term 2.24.3-3          The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  icewm [x-window-manage 1.2.37-1+b1       wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
ii  kde-window-manager [x- 4:4.2.2-2         the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii  konsole [x-terminal-em 4:4.2.2-1         X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii  lesstif-bin [x-window- 1:0.95.0-2.3      user binaries for LessTif
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.20-2          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.26.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1               1:2.4.43-2        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                  2.9-10            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  libdmx1                1:1.0.2-3         X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1         2.6.0-3           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.9-4.1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
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  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.26.0-1          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.16.1-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules         1.0.1-9           Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime         1.0.1-9           Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g               1.0.1-9           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.24.0-3+b1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2             2.22.3-2          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common        2.22.3-2          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1            2.0.71-1          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-16          Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.1-1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.4-2         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.0.2-3         X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                 2:1.2.1-2         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                2.7.3.dfsg-1      GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-22            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-man 1:2.24.0-2        A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2         Tab window manager
ii  wmaker [x-window-manag 0.92.0-8          NeXTSTEP-like window manager for X
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emul 242-1             X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes                0.6.2          Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail                  0.52.10-2      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  xnest                     2:1.6.1-1      Nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg              1:7.4+1        the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                    2.24.1-1       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm suggests:
pn  libpam-gnome-keyring          <none>     (no description available)
ii  locales                       2.9-10     GNU C Library: National Language (
ii  pm-utils                      1.2.5-2    utilities and scripts for power ma

-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm





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