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gnome-settings-daemon package

gnome-settings-daemon crashing

Bug #197859 reported by Lucky_Phil
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon

Here's a dump of the output of gnome-settings-daemon when I try to start it manually. Another one of those where I get the "Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'.
Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager." error.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting settings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Could not find valid 'Priority' in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x807fa00 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libbackground.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdBackgroundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdBackgroundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating background plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting background manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin background: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x807f918 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libmedia-keys.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdMediaKeysPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdMediaKeysPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdMediaKeysPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating media_keys plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting media_keys manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin media-keys: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x807f800 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libclipboard.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdClipboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdClipboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdClipboardPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating clipboard plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting clipboard manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin clipboard: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x807f718 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libtyping-break.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdTypingBreakPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdTypingBreakPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdTypingBreakPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating typing_break plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting typing_break manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin typing-break: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x807f740 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libfont.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdFontPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdFontPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating font plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting font manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin font: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x807f768 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrdb.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrdbPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrdbPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdXrdbPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating xrdb plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin xrdb: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x807fbb8 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libscreensaver.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdScreensaverPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdScreensaverPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdScreensaverPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating screensaver plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting screensaver manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin screensaver: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8152600 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/liba11y-keyboard.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdA11yKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdA11yKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdA11yKeyboardPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating a11y_keyboard plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting a11y_keyboard manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin a11y-keyboard: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8152650 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libkeyboard.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdKeyboardPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdKeyboardPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating keyboard plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting keyboard manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin keyboard: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x81526a0 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libkeybindings.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdKeybindingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdKeybindingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdKeybindingsPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating keybindings plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting keybindings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin keybindings: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x81526c8 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxsettings.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GnomeXSettingsPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeXSettingsPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating xsettings plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting xsettings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin xsettings: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x81526f0 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libsound.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdSoundPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdSoundPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating sound plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting sound manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Plugin sound: active
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8152790 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager
[1204519239,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the applicationResource Timestamp: 32118
Resource Configuration Timestamp: 32118
CRTC 49 Timestamp: 32118
CRTC 4a Timestamp: 32118
Output 4b Timestamp: 32118

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Michael Flaig (mflaig) wrote :

The Problem is:
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager

You can work around with deleting
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:12691): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager

Seems the redhat patch breaks the xrandr plugin in hardy

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Michael Flaig (mflaig) wrote :

Sorry, it's too early in the morning

Delete these files for a workaround, meaing get the gnome-settings-daemon to start. xrandr won't work then of course
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so

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Wousser (wousser) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 197153, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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