Bug#348809: gnome-control-center: Error activating XKB configuration (xkbcomp zombie)

[Robert Trebula]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.12.2-2
Followup-For: Bug #348809

Hi,

Same problem here. It doesn't happen when I use C locale when logging
into GDM.

I can see that there is a zombie xkbcomp process that is spawned from
gnome-settings-daemon:

robo at zero:~$ ps x |grep xkbco
12694 ?        Z      0:00 [xkbcomp] <defunct>
robo at zero:~$ cat /proc/12694/status
Name:   xkbcomp
State:  Z (zombie)
SleepAVG:       78%
Tgid:   12694
Pid:    12694
PPid:   12688
...
robo at zero:~$ ps 12688
PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
12688 ?        Sl     0:03 /usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon --oaf-a

The same bug is reported against xkbcomp - #347767.

I can provide more information if necessary. Just e-mail me to the
address provided above.

Regards,
Robert

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2
Locale: LANG=sk_SK, LC_CTYPE=sk_SK (charmap=ISO-8859-2)

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data             1:2.12.2-2     configuration applets for GNOME 2 
ii  desktop-file-utils        0.10-1         Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-desktop-data        2.12.2-2       Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-icon-theme          2.12.1-2       GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus               2.12.0-2       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  libavahi-client3          0.6.4-1        Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3          0.6.4-1        Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-compat-howl0     0.6.4-1        Avahi Howl compatibility library
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.10.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.10.0-1       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-8        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcairo2                 1.0.2-3        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-2               0.60-5         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-5             1.4.2.1-1      Client library for evolution addre
ii  libesd0                   0.2.36-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1            2.3.2-1        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.10-1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgamin0 [libfam0]       0.1.5-1        Client library for the gamin file 
ii  libgconf2-4               2.12.1-8       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              2.8.6-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.12.2-2       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.4.6-2        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-menu2            2.12.0-2       an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.12.0.1-4     The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.12.0-2       A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.12.0-2       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.12.2-5       GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls11               1.0.16-13.1    GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0             1.1-4          library for common error values an
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 0.8.11-1       Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0         0.8.11-1       Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.10-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-10          The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmetacity0              1:2.12.2-3     Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii  libnautilus-extension1    2.10.1-4       libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.12.2-3     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.10.2-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.8rel-5     PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 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.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1               1.1.3-1        X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                   2.1.7-1        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxinerama1              6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxklavier10             2.0-0.3        X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                   2.6.23-1       GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0.2-1    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.1-5 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-3      compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  gnome-session                 2.12.0-3   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome2-user-guide             2.8.1-2    GNOME 2 User's Guide

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