Bug#656762: Bug#656564: libglib2.0-0: since upgrade to 2.30.2-5 programs start segfaulting at random

[Norbert Preining]

reassign 656564 gnome-settings-daemon
severity serious
reassign 656762 gnome-session
severity serious
thanks

Dear all,

it seems there is a very bad interaction between gnome-session, 
gnome-settings-daemon, and maybe glibc2.0.

First, gnome-settings-daemon is terminating on a regular basis:
gnome-settings-[3520]: segfault at 7f453c075140 ip 00007f464659278e sp 00007fffeb5f1120 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3000.2[7f464650b000+f6000]
Although I have recompiled glib2.0 without the last patches that
might have triggered this, it still does happen on a regular basis.

Triggered by this, gnome-session shows the "Oh something went wrong"
screen making it impossible to save work, although the session is
absolutely fine working, just the settings are not applied. I see 
all the work I was doing in the overview of gnome-shell, but I cannot
save it.

These two things together create a situation that is a guarantee for
data loss.

Please work together to find a fix for this, I am open for testing,
patches, whatsoever.

Best wishes

Norbert
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