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gnome-settings-daemon package

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

Bug #868928 reported by Eyad Salah on 2011-10-06

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This bug affects 15 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
GNOME Settings Daemon	Fix Released	Critical	gnome-bugs #674827
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Michael Terry
Precise	Fix Released	High	Michael Terry

Bug Description

On Startup

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Oct 5 17:32:19 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/false
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SegvAnalysis:
Segfault happened at: 0x7f0686fca3d8 <gsd_power_manager_start+1656>: mov 0x8(%rax),%rcx
PC (0x7f0686fca3d8) ok
source "0x8(%rax)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
destination "%rcx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
StacktraceTop:
gsd_power_manager_start () from /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0/libpower.so
?? () from /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0/libpower.so
gnome_settings_plugin_info_activate ()
_start ()
Title: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_power_manager_start()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-27 (8 days ago)
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lp:~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-settings-daemon/ubuntu

lp:ubuntu/quantal/gnome-settings-daemon

lp:ubuntu/precise-proposed/gnome-settings-daemon

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Eyad Salah (eyad-salah) wrote on 2011-10-06:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Disassembly.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (31.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (765 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Registers.txt Edit (735 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Stacktrace.txt Edit (417 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ThreadStacktrace.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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private → public

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-10-06:

StacktraceTop:
engine_coldplug (manager=0x111a080) at gsd-power-manager.c:1100
gsd_power_manager_start (manager=0x111a080, error=0x7fff4eaa6a48) at gsd-power-manager.c:3446
impl_activate (plugin=0x1123a10) at gsd-power-plugin.c:78
_activate_plugin (info=0x1124820) at gnome-settings-plugin-info.c:408
gnome_settings_plugin_info_activate (info=0x1124820) at gnome-settings-plugin-info.c:431

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-10-06: Stacktrace.txt

Stacktrace.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain)

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-10-06: ThreadStacktrace.txt

ThreadStacktrace.txt Edit (12.0 KiB, text/plain)

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
tags:	removed: need-amd64-retrace

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-11-29: Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_power_manager_start()

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2012-04-17

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → High
summary:	- gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_power_manager_start() + gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in engine_coldplug()

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2012-04-17

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee:	nobody → Michael Terry (mterry)

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-04-19

tags:

added: bugpattern-needed

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote on 2012-04-25:

I can't figure out how this could happen in the current code path. But for defensive programming purposes, there should be an extra NULL check to prevent this crash. I'll work on a patch.

Michael Terry (mterry) on 2012-04-25

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Precise):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-04-27

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
importance:	Unknown → Critical
status:	Unknown → New

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-05-01:

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon - 3.4.1-0ubuntu2

---------------
gnome-settings-daemon (3.4.1-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/power-check-null-devices.patch:
    - NULL-guard the return value of up_client_get_devices.
      LP: #868928
  * debian/patches/power-ignore-bad-dbus-requests.patch:
    - If we get a DBus request while the manager isn't active, ignore it.
      LP: #969535
-- Michael Terry <email address hidden> Tue, 01 May 2012 09:12:02 -0700

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote on 2012-05-01:

Just uploaded a fix to quantal and precise-proposed.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2012-05-02: Please test proposed package

Hello ComputerJy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-settings-daemon into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

tags:

added: verification-needed

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Lucas Magasweran (lucasrangit) wrote on 2012-05-06:

#10

I enabled -proposed and did a `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-settings-daemon` to just get that package from proposed. I rebooted and now the crash report is not coming up and my GTK apps (Chrome) show the correct theme. Thanks Martin.

Martin Pitt (pitti) on 2012-05-06

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-05-08:

#11

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon - 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

---------------
gnome-settings-daemon (3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Precise):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-06-19

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
status:	New → Incomplete

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-10-04

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
status:	Incomplete → Expired

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2012-11-27

tags:

added: apport-request-retrace

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2013-01-05

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
status:	Expired → New

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2013-01-23

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
status:	New → Fix Released

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Robert Steckroth (robertsteckroth) wrote on 2013-06-07:

#12

This error can be consistently reproduced on Ubuntu >=12.04 (at least) by typing this command --> /etc/init.d/networking restart

I believe that the crash requires isc-dhcp-server to be installed. Also, the /etc/network/interfaces file had been changed in all cases with multiple interfaces present on the hardware.
I would be willing to pin down the exact steps required to produce this error if it is needed (shoot me an email). Thanks.

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