Bug#553000: at the first login via gdm after (re)boot gnome-settings-daemon dies

[Norbert Preining]

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.28.1-1
Severity: important

I can reproduce the following behaviour: Turn of computer, turn it on
and log into a gnome session with gdm. The gnome-settings-daemon
is started a short time (I see the right fonts) and then it dies
and the fonts change back to default ones.

After that I can start g-s-d manually and all is back to normal.

On logout and login (and waiting between making sure all of the gnome
session is stopped) the same does *not* happen.

The failure .xsession-errors contains:
  The program 'gnome-settings-daemon' received an X Window System error.
  This probably reflects a bug in the program.
  The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
    (Details: serial 1334 error_code 8 request_code 20 minor_code 0)
    (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
     that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
     To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
     option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
     backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Hope that helps


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-3   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.82-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.2-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.28.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnomekbd4                  2.28.0-2   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.25-4  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.25-2  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.3-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.2.1-2  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier15                 4.0-2      X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxxf86misc1                 1:1.0.1-3  X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  e17 [x-window-manag 0.16.999.062-1       The Enlightenment DR17 Window Mana
ii  gnome-screensaver   2.28.0-1             GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  kde-window-manager  4:4.3.2-2            the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii  metacity [x-window- 1:2.28.0-1           lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  mutter [x-window-ma 2.28.1~git20091024-1 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  openbox [x-window-m 3.4.7.2-5            standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  twm [x-window-manag 1:1.0.4-2            Tab window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils   7.4+2                X server utilities
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-man 4.6.1-1              window manager of the Xfce project

-- no debconf information