gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gnome_settings_plugin_activate()

Output from gnome-settings-daemon

StacktraceTop:impl_activate (plugin=0x812eb30) at gsd-screensaver-plugin.c:80
gnome_settings_plugins_engine_activate_plugin (info=0x8130220)
gnome_settings_plugins_engine_load_dir (
gnome_settings_plugins_engine_load_dir (
gnome_settings_plugins_engine_init (

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514385

I seem to be suffering from the same bug.

It seems to be fixed by upstream now though:
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnome-settings-daemon?view=revision&revision=100

Same here on two upgrade hardy pc...

Thank you

Fixed upstream.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon - 2.21.91-0ubuntu1

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gnome-settings-daemon (2.21.91-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    - Use a flat directory instead of a hierarchy to install plugins into
    - Don't scan the plugins directory recursively
    - Install the settings plugin to a versioned directory to fix install
      with libdir == libexecdir
    - Review short and long descriptions for GConf keys
    - Don't crash when running the screensaver fails (lp: #188572)
    - Rename src folder to gnome-settings-daemon
    - Add uninstalled.pc file for building against an uninstalled copy of g-s-d
    - Add separate checks for libbackground and use external copy
    - Use gnome_settings_daemon for the GConf path
    - Release the Glade XML ASAP and keep track of the 2 widgets we need
    - Make sure we return a GError if initialization fails
    - Load the XKB settings initially
    - Fix leaks
    - Unref the GConfClient only after done with it
    - Check for xinput
    - Fix copy'n'paste error
    - Declare variables at the beginning of a block
      to make older compilers happy
    - Add back support for defining plugin start order
    - Assign return value from g_slist_sort to the plugins list variable
    - Replace gnome_vfs usage with GIO
  * debian/control.in:
    - updated libglib requirement
  * debian/gnome-settings-daemon.install:
    - new version changes
  * debian/patches/80_from_upstream_fix_xkb_loading.patch,
    debian/patches/90_configure_xinput_change.patch:
    - dropped, fixed in the new version

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:54:34 +0100

I seem to be suffering from the same bug...

just starts the booting sequence of the interface when logging on me as a normal user, failure occurs

I got this error message on a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 beta-1. All updates had been installed and I'd rebooted, then I updated the language packs. I got this error message after that had completed.

I installed Ubuntu 11.10 Beta and then after update this appeared. Hope it help someone but scary that its one week before release and things like this still happening