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gnome-session package

gnome-session crash

Bug #72947 reported by jeffk
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-session
Expired
Critical
gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Not sure what is causing this. Does not seem to matter what I am doing, but mostly when system is idle. I have been trying to see if I log out, then log back on when I am busy with other things. The 'bug' can happen when logged out and idle. I did some investigating and discovered my system, IBM Thinkcentre, has a dualcore processor. I see in /var/log/messages that 2 cpu's are brought up. In the BIOS settings, there is an option for hyperthreading. I wonder if disabling this will make a difference. I have a 160Gb HD with WinXP, Ubuntu Edgy Eft, and Xandros, 1Gb memory. Otherwise I love Ubuntu for it's looks, ease of loading, hardware support, and the fact that it sees my digital camera and PDA. Is there a file that gets created when things go haywire? Ubuntu told me there was a gnome-session crash file, but I see no way of attaching that file here. Thanks

Jeff K

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jeffk (newykr) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug

Changed in gnome-session:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Debug backtrace:

 #0 read_settings (client=0x0) at xsettings-client.c:378
        type = <value optimized out>
        format = <value optimized out>
        n_items = <value optimized out>
        bytes_after = 3215610600
        data = <value optimized out>
        result = <value optimized out>
        old_handler = <value optimized out>
        old_list = <value optimized out>
 #1 0xb7aeddea in _gdk_xsettings_client_new (display=0x807a680, screen=0, notify=0xb7ad2390 <gdk_xsettings_notify_cb>,
     watch=0xb7ad4b40 <gdk_xsettings_watch_cb>, cb_data=0x80820d0) at xsettings-client.c:503
        client = (XSettingsClient *) 0x8084350
        buffer = "_XSETTINGS_S0\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\001\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\001\000\000\000<F4>\237<F6><B7>
(L<EA><B7>pT<AA><BF>\204T<AA><BF>G\214<F5><B7>pT<AA><BF>(<A8><F6><B7>\b\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\200T<AA><BF>\200J<EA>
<B7>iũ<B7><E7>|<FD>\nN<y\000\000\000\000\000,\000\000\0008T<AA><BF><E4>!\177<B7><FC>!\b\b\030L\b\b(T<AA><BF><B0>T<AA><BF>\2
00J<EA><B7>W<B7><A9><B7>N<CF>\034\001T<FF>w\000\000\000\000\000`<EF>\006\bXT<AA><BF>9\006x<B7><FC>!\b\b<FC>!\b\bXT<AA><BF>\
230<FF>w<B7><E8>F<A9><B7>\200J<EA><B7><F4>\237<F6><B7>\200J<EA><B7><E8>F<A9><B7>\220T<AA><BF>B<C9><F5><B7>(L<EA><B7>"...
        atom_names = {0xbfaa5398 "_XSETTINGS_S0", 0xb7b10c9b "_XSETTINGS_SETTINGS", 0xb7b0bcfd "MANAGER"}
        atoms = {219, 220, 221}
 #2 0xb7ad4abd in _gdk_x11_events_init_screen (screen=0x80820d0) at gdkevents-x11.c:179
 No locals.
 #3 0xb7ac798c in IA__gdk_display_open (display_name=0x0) at gdkdisplay-x11.c:169
        xdisplay = <value optimized out>
        display = (GdkDisplay *) 0x8080098
        attr = {title = 0x0, event_mask = 4, x = -1216791727, y = 134635952, width = -1079356048, height = -1079356056,
   wclass = 3078562276, visual = 0x8066180, colormap = 0x0, window_type = 3215611240, cursor = 0xb7793b51,
   wmclass_name = 0xb7a94488 "\205\003", wmclass_class = 0xb7ea4a80 "", override_redirect = -1208573964}
        argv = <value optimized out>
        sm_client_id = <value optimized out>
        class_hint = <value optimized out>
        pid = <value optimized out>
        i = 1
        ignore = 0
        maj = <value optimized out>
        min = <value optimized out>
 #4 0xb7aa549f in IA__gdk_display_open_default_libgtk_only () at gdk.c:278
        display = (GdkDisplay *) 0x0
        __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "IA__gdk_display_open_default_libgtk_only"
 #5 0xb7c4bb3f in IA__gtk_init_check (argc=0xbfaa5720, argv=0xbfaa5724) at gtkmain.c:765
 No locals.
 #6 0xb7c4bb74 in IA__gtk_init (argc=0xbfaa5720, argv=0xbfaa5724) at gtkmain.c:800
 No locals.
 #7 0x08053d18 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfaa57a4) at main.c:421
        the_session = <value optimized out>
        splashing = <value optimized out>
        a_t_support = <value optimized out>
        err = <value optimized out>
        status = <value optimized out>
        display_str = <value optimized out>
        gconf_client = <value optimized out>
        goption_context = <value optimized out>

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I've forwarded the bug upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378477

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Do you remember what you were doing when it happened?

Upstream asks: Comment #2 from Matthias Clasen (gtk+ developer, points: 25)
2007-01-07 15:11 UTC [reply]

Looks like garbage in the XSETTINGS property. It would be helpful to obtain the
contents of the property.

Changed in gnome-session:
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

No reply, bug closed. Feel free to reopen with the asked informations if you still get that problem

Changed in gnome-session:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Unknown → Critical
status: Invalid → Expired
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