Bug#704732: gnome: Setting certain touchpad options makes it impossible to login

Chris Frey cdfrey at foursquare.net
Fri Apr 5 05:57:29 UTC 2013


Package: gnome
Version: 1:3.4+7
Severity: important


If I open the settings window, from the top right user menu, and navigate
to Mouse & Touchpad, then click the Touchpad tab:

Then I set:
	- enable clicks with touchpad
	- two-finger scrolling

if I also set "Disable touchpad while typing" this causes a number of serious
problems the next time I logoff and login:

	- even though the checkbox is checked, I cannot click with touchpad
	- the background style of the settings box has changed, with borders
	  in different gray colour around the groups of icons
	- if I open a Terminal, the colours have been changed to
	  black text on black background

If I then reboot and try to login again, Gnome will not let me in, giving me
a small dialog saying something like "Something bad happened, you can't
login." and then returns me to the gdm3 login.

If I "rm -rf .gconf" and start again, but avoid changing the setting of
"Disable touchpad while typing", then things work fine.

Thanks,
- Chris


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  aisleriot                    1:3.4.1-1
ii  alacarte                     3.5.3-1
ii  avahi-daemon                 0.6.31-2
ii  cheese                       3.4.2-2
ii  cups-pk-helper               0.2.3-3
ii  desktop-base                 7.0.3
ii  evolution                    3.4.4-2
ii  evolution-plugins            3.4.4-2
ii  file-roller                  3.4.2-1
ii  gedit                        3.4.2-1
ii  gedit-plugins                3.4.0-1
ii  gimp                         2.8.2-2
ii  gnome-applets                3.4.1-3
ii  gnome-color-manager          3.4.2-1
ii  gnome-core                   1:3.4+7
ii  gnome-documents              0.4.2-2
ii  gnome-games                  1:3.4.2-3
ii  gnome-media                  3.4.0-1
ii  gnome-nettool                3.2.0-1
ii  gnome-orca                   3.4.2-2
ii  gnome-shell-extensions       3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-tweak-tool             3.4.0.1-2
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg         0.10.13-5
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly   0.10.19-2+b2
ii  hamster-applet               2.91.3+git20120514.b9fec3e1-1
ii  inkscape                     0.48.3.1-1.3
ii  libgtk2-perl                 2:1.244-1
ii  libreoffice-calc             1:3.5.4+dfsg-4
ii  libreoffice-gnome            1:3.5.4+dfsg-4
ii  libreoffice-impress          1:3.5.4+dfsg-4
ii  libreoffice-writer           1:3.5.4+dfsg-4
ii  nautilus-sendto              3.0.3-2+b1
ii  network-manager-gnome        0.9.4.1-5
ii  rhythmbox                    2.97-2.1
ii  rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder  2.97-2.1
ii  rhythmbox-plugins            2.97-2.1
ii  rygel-playbin                0.14.3-2
ii  rygel-preferences            0.14.3-2
ii  rygel-tracker                0.14.3-2
ii  seahorse                     3.4.1-2
ii  shotwell                     0.12.3-2
ii  simple-scan                  3.4.2-1
ii  sound-juicer                 3.4.0-3
ii  telepathy-gabble             0.16.5-1
ii  telepathy-rakia              0.7.4-1
ii  telepathy-salut              0.8.1-1
ii  tomboy                       1.10.0-2
ii  totem                        3.0.1-8
ii  totem-plugins                3.0.1-8
ii  tracker-gui                  0.14.1-3
ii  transmission-gtk             2.52-3+nmu1
ii  vinagre                      3.4.2-2
ii  xdg-user-dirs-gtk            0.9-1
ii  xul-ext-adblock-plus         2.1-1

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii  browser-plugin-gnash     0.8.11~git20120629-1
ii  gdebi                    0.8.7
ii  gnome-games-extra-data   3.2.0-4
ii  nautilus-sendto-empathy  3.4.2.3-2
ii  telepathy-idle           0.1.11-2

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn  dia-gnome              <none>
pn  gnome-boxes            <none>
pn  gnucash                <none>
pn  iceweasel-l10n-all     <none>
ii  libreoffice-evolution  1:3.5.4+dfsg-4
pn  planner                <none>
pn  xul-ext-gnome-keyring  <none>

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  at-spi2-core                2.5.3-2
ii  baobab                      3.4.1-1
ii  brasero                     3.4.1-4
ii  caribou                     0.4.4-1
ii  caribou-antler              0.4.4-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend     0.12.1-3
ii  dconf-tools                 0.12.1-3
ii  empathy                     3.4.2.3-2
ii  eog                         3.4.2-1+build1
ii  evince                      3.4.0-3.1
ii  evolution-data-server       3.4.4-3
ii  fonts-cantarell             0.0.9-1
ii  gcalctool                   6.4.2.1-3
ii  gconf2                      3.2.5-1+build1
ii  gdm3                        3.4.1-6
ii  gkbd-capplet                3.4.0.2-1
ii  glib-networking             2.32.3-1
ii  gnome-backgrounds           3.4.2-1
ii  gnome-bluetooth             3.4.2-1
ii  gnome-contacts              3.4.1-1+b1
ii  gnome-control-center        1:3.4.3.1-2
ii  gnome-dictionary            3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-disk-utility          3.0.2-3
ii  gnome-font-viewer           3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme            3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme-extras     3.4.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic   3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-keyring               3.4.1-5
ii  gnome-menus                 3.4.2-5
ii  gnome-online-accounts       3.4.2-2
ii  gnome-packagekit            3.4.2-2
ii  gnome-panel                 3.4.2.1-4
ii  gnome-power-manager         3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-screensaver           3.4.1-1
ii  gnome-screenshot            3.4.1-1
ii  gnome-session               3.4.2.1-3
ii  gnome-session-fallback      3.4.2.1-3
ii  gnome-settings-daemon       3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-3
ii  gnome-shell                 3.4.2-7
ii  gnome-sushi                 0.4.1-3
ii  gnome-system-log            3.4.1-3
ii  gnome-system-monitor        3.4.1-2+b1
ii  gnome-terminal              3.4.1.1-2
ii  gnome-themes-standard       3.4.2-2.1
ii  gnome-user-guide            3.4.2-1+build1
ii  gnome-user-share            3.0.2-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas   3.4.2-3
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base  0.10.36-1.1
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good  0.10.31-3+nmu1
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio    0.10.31-3+nmu1
ii  gtk2-engines                1:2.20.2-2
ii  gucharmap                   1:3.4.1.1-2.1
ii  gvfs-backends               1.12.3-4
ii  gvfs-bin                    1.12.3-4
ii  iceweasel                   10.0.12esr-1
ii  libatk-adaptor              2.5.3-2
ii  libcanberra-pulse           0.28-6
ii  libcaribou-gtk-module       0.4.4-1
ii  libcaribou-gtk3-module      0.4.4-1
ii  libgtk-3-common             3.4.2-6
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring        3.4.1-5
ii  metacity                    1:2.34.3-4
ii  mousetweaks                 3.4.2-1
ii  nautilus                    3.4.2-1+build1
ii  notification-daemon         0.7.6-1
ii  policykit-1-gnome           0.105-2
ii  pulseaudio                  2.0-6
ii  sound-theme-freedesktop     0.7.pristine-2
ii  tracker-gui                 0.14.1-3
ii  vino                        3.4.2-1+b1
ii  yelp                        3.4.2-1+b1
ii  zenity                      3.4.0-2

Versions of packages gnome-core recommends:
ii  network-manager-gnome  0.9.4.1-5

gnome-core suggests no packages.

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