GSettings Data Conversion crashes on login

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I am unable to follow the directions since neiter a gconf-dbg/dbgsym or
gsettings-data-convert-dbg/dbgsym package are available.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the
> instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload
> the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly
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>
> ** Changed in: gconf (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: gconf (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725785
>
> Title:
> GSettings Data Conversion crashes on login
>
> Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gconf
>
> "GSettings Data Conversion" crashes every time I log in, triggering
> Apport. Upon attempting to report this bug, Apport gives the following
> message:
> "The problem cannot be reported:
>
> The program crashed on an assertion failure, but the message could not be
> retrieved. Apport does not support reporting these crashes."
> Since the title of the dialog says "Problem in gconf2," that's the package
> I used ubuntu-bug on.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: gconf2 2.32.1-2ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Feb 26 17:07:17 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gconf
>
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you want to install gconf2-dbgsym there

Is this still going to be useful since it has been two days and I have
restarted my computer quite a few times (I can't leave it on for too long
without any OS--Ubuntu and Windows--freezing up or otherwise acting
erractically, so between restarting due to crashes, installing new things,
etc. and having to keep it off at night, several restarts have been done)?

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:

> you want to install gconf2-dbgsym there
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725785
>
> Title:
> GSettings Data Conversion crashes on login
>
> Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gconf
>
> "GSettings Data Conversion" crashes every time I log in, triggering
> Apport. Upon attempting to report this bug, Apport gives the following
> message:
> "The problem cannot be reported:
>
> The program crashed on an assertion failure, but the message could not be
> retrieved. Apport does not support reporting these crashes."
> Since the title of the dialog says "Problem in gconf2," that's the package
> I used ubuntu-bug on.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: gconf2 2.32.1-2ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Feb 26 17:07:17 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gconf
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/725785/+subscribe
>

Not to mention, I am no longer having this crash on startup, as far as I can
tell.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Rod Davis <email address hidden> wrote:

> Is this still going to be useful since it has been two days and I have
> restarted my computer quite a few times (I can't leave it on for too long
> without any OS--Ubuntu and Windows--freezing up or otherwise acting
> erractically, so between restarting due to crashes, installing new things,
> etc. and having to keep it off at night, several restarts have been done)?
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>wrote:
>
>> you want to install gconf2-dbgsym there
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725785
>>
>> Title:
>> GSettings Data Conversion crashes on login
>>
>> Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu:
>> Incomplete
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: gconf
>>
>> "GSettings Data Conversion" crashes every time I log in, triggering
>> Apport. Upon attempting to report this bug, Apport gives the following
>> message:
>> "The problem cannot be reported:
>>
>> The program crashed on an assertion failure, but the message could not be
>> retrieved. Apport does not support reporting these crashes."
>> Since the title of the dialog says "Problem in gconf2," that's the
>> package I used ubuntu-bug on.
>>
>> ProblemType: Bug
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>> Package: gconf2 2.32.1-2ubuntu2
>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
>> Architecture: amd64
>> Date: Sat Feb 26 17:07:17 2011
>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
>> (20101007)
>> ProcEnviron:
>> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>> SourcePackage: gconf
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/725785/+subscribe
>>
>
>

Oh, never mind. Here's the backtrace stuff.

Thank you, the issue is that the web browser key has been dropped but the conversation line for its value didn't

This bug was fixed in the package gsettings-desktop-schemas - 0.1.7-2ubuntu2

---------------
gsettings-desktop-schemas (0.1.7-2ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * The browser key has been dropped so don't convert keys for it (lp: #725785)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:11:14 +0100

This is now pushed upstream (http://git.gnome.org/browse/gsettings-desktop-schemas/commit/?id=ed64b3168fd93df5f137de34c26323eb4abcef47)

I experienced this performing upgrade testing this AM, but shortly after 'gsettings-desktop-schemas (0.1.7-2ubuntu2)' was available on the US server (by the time I'd located this bug report), and after installing the updates the problem was resolved :^)

was the fix included in the new upstream version?

Reason I ask is because:

ERROR: apport (pid 5941) Fri Mar 18 16:54:13 2011: called for pid 5929, signal 6
ERROR: apport (pid 5941) Fri Mar 18 16:54:13 2011: executable: /usr/bin/gsettings-data-convert (command line "gsettings-data-convert")
ERROR: apport (pid 5941) Fri Mar 18 16:54:14 2011: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gsettings-data-convert.999.crash

I am seeing this problem in todays CD (3/19/2011). On the first crash it won't report the problem because of outdated packages. In the 64bit version I go the dialog attached. After an apt-get update/upgrade it did report and I found I already filed a duplicate of this (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/738289)

I am seeing this problem in todays CD (3/20/2011)

CD from 17.03.2011 with latest updates also shows this problem here.

During upgrade testing, I Installed 10.10 i386 fresh on a Macbook Pro 6.2, updated all packages, then upgraded (dist-upgrade) to Natty and I get this error right after each login now.

Freshly installed the Daily from 3/20/2011. The error is still there. What confuses me is that Sebastien talked about gsettings-desktop-schemas (0.1.7-2ubuntu2), but the version that is installed here is 2.91.91-1 ?

Indeed, however according to this:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsettings-desktop-schemas/+bug/736159

It is fixed upstream, so we just have to wait for that.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf2/+bug/726889/+attachment/1877839/+files/login-error2.png

azmodeus@ubi ~> gsettings-data-convert --verbose
File 'brasero.convert already converted, skipping
File 'gvfs-dns-sd.convert already converted, skipping
File 'gvfs-smb.convert already converted, skipping
File 'nautilus-sendto-convert already converted, skipping
File 'shotwell.convert already converted, skipping
File 'org.gnome.crypto.pgp.convert already converted, skipping
collecting settings for schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background'

GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background' is not installed

aborting...
fish: Job 1, “gsettings-data-convert --verbose” terminated by signal SIGABRT (Abort)