Bug#316798: gnome-control-center: GNOME session startup is blocked

Björn Heide bjoern.heide at dh3sbx.de
Sun Nov 13 20:05:58 UTC 2005


Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.10.2-1
Followup-For: Bug #316798

Hello,

I am beaten by this bug since I upgraded my Linux-kernel to version
2.6.14.2, everything worked fine with 2.6.12.6 and earlier.

I tried to find out why gnome-settings-daemon hangs:

bjoern at nostromo:~$ strace -p8489
Process 8489 attached - interrupt to quit
read(37,  <unfinished ...>
Process 8489 detached
bjoern at nostromo:~$ gdb /usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon 8489
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Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".

Attaching to program: /usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon, process 8489
[snip]
0xffffe410 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0xffffe410 in ?? ()
#1  0xbf870588 in ?? ()
#2  0x00000004 in ?? ()
#3  0xbf8704e8 in ?? ()
#4  0xb7deb7c3 in __read_nocancel () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#5  0xb7ddb999 in esd_sample_cache () from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0
#6  0xb7d48bec in gnome_sound_sample_load () from /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0
#7  0x08059662 in gnome_settings_locate_pointer ()
#8  0x08063c4d in sound_properties_foreach ()
#9  0x080597a3 in gnome_settings_locate_pointer ()
#10 0x08055687 in gnome_settings_daemon_new ()
#11 0x08054267 in main ()
(gdb) The program is running.  Quit anyway (and detach it)? (y or n) y
Detaching from program: /usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon, process 8489
bjoern at nostromo:~$ 

I then did "killall esd" and everything works as before. So, to me this
looks like an esd bug, possibly #246317.

Best regards
Björn

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.2
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data             1:2.10.2-1     configuration applets for GNOME 2 
ii  desktop-file-utils        0.10-1         Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-desktop-data        2.12.1-1       Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-icon-theme          2.12.1-1       GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus               2.12.0-1       an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.17-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.10.3-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-6        Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.10.1-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.10.1-1       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-6        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]    0.2.36-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libfontconfig1            2.3.2-1        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.10-1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4               2.12.0-4       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11               1.2.2-1        LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.5.1-2      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.8.3-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.12.1-1       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.4.5-1        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-menu0            2.10.2-1       an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.12.0.1-2     The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.12.0-1       A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.12.0-1       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.12.1.1-1     The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11               1.0.16-14      GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0             1.1-4          library for common error values an
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 0.8.11-2       Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0         0.8.11-1       Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.3-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-10          The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmetacity0              1:2.12.1-1     Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.12.4-1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.10.1-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.8-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-2                0.2.13-1       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                   2.1.7-1        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxinerama1              6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxklavier10             2.0-0.2        X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                   2.6.22-1       GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0-2      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxss1                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Screen Saver client-side library
ii  libxxf86misc1             6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X miscellaneous extensions library
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-4      compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  gnome-session                 2.12.0-1   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome2-user-guide             2.8.1-2    GNOME 2 User's Guide

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