gsettings-data-convert crashed with SIGSEGV in gconf_client_get_default()

Error Occurred when manually running update manager after previous successful run and reboot following failed run resulting in broken packages (fixed with Package Manager).

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i have the same problem

Same problem, it doesn't seem to be hardware dependant, or occur on lots of different hardwares

I just did a update-manager -d to test Oneiric alpha 2 on my pc, but after rebooting I got a kernel panic, so I booted with a previous version of the kernel, as I logged screenlets crashed.
I had natty installed with all updates.

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64

After recent updates and reboot, no crash of gsettings reported by apported.
Package gconf2-common is the same.
gconf2-common 3.1.3-0ubuntu1

Attached upgrade history.

Erratum: reported by apport

The error occurs when logging into unity. Jockey (jocket-text first, then jockey-common) does crash at the same time, if that is of any importance.

Reverse of #9, wondering why it didn't crash there.
Just booted again, login to unity via unity-greeter, apport reports crash, offering restart, after restart no further crash report.
syslog:
Jul 17 21:19:16 kernel: [ 71.258590] gsettings-data-[1791]: segfault at 18 ip 00007fee9df02571 sp 00007fff63702e50 error 4 in libgconf-2.so.4.1.5[7fee9deeb000+2d000]
Jul 17 21:19:16 gnome-session[1680]: WARNING: Application 'gsettings-data-convert.desktop' killed by signal
Jul 17 21:19:16 gnome-session[1680]: WARNING: App 'gsettings-data-convert.desktop' respawning too quickly
Jul 17 21:19:16 gnome-session[1680]: WARNING: Error on restarting session managed app: Component 'gsettings-data-convert.desktop' crashing too quickly

Crash happens randomly or better said only when system was shutdown and newly booted (cold boot).
Rebooted three times and no crash.

Reproduces perfectly well with "gsettings-data-convert --verbose --dry-run", marking triaged.

This bug was fixed in the package gconf - 3.1.3-0ubuntu2

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gconf (3.1.3-0ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Add 00git_gsettings-data-convert_g_type_init.patch: Fix crash at startup
    in gsettings-data-convert. Also committed to upstream git. (LP: #810795)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:04:56 +0200

azmodeus@ubi ~> gsettings-data-convert --verbose
File 'brasero.convert already converted, skipping
File 'gvfs-dns-sd.convert already converted, skipping
File 'gvfs-smb.convert already converted, skipping
File 'nautilus-sendto-convert already converted, skipping
File 'shotwell.convert already converted, skipping
File 'org.gnome.crypto.pgp.convert already converted, skipping
collecting settings for schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background'

GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background' is not installed

aborting...
fish: Job 1, “gsettings-data-convert --verbose” terminated by signal SIGABRT (Abort)

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sorry: bad link

https://launchpadlibrarian.net/65327266/login-error2.png
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf2/+bug/726889/+attachment/1877839/+files/login-error2.png

ubuntu 12.04

running gconf-cleaner fixed this for me and resulted in 20 second quicker start of unity

DO have a terminal running, as when I ran the cleaner unity fell over...