Debian Bug report logs - #535534
X error in gnome-settings-daemon

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Message #3 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: X error in gnome-settings-daemon

Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:43:11 -0700

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.26.1-2
Severity: normal

Several times recently, I've had all GTK+ programs suddenly start using the
wrong theme, and I discovered that gnome-settings-daemon had crashed due to an
X error.  From ~/.xsession-errors:

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 6606 error_code 8 request_code 20 minor_code 0)

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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                        2.26.2-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.9-18     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.14-3   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.80-4     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.2-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.20.4-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.26.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnomekbd3                  2.26.0-1   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.23-3  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.23-2  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.4-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.1-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.2.1-2  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier12                 3.9-1      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  gnome-screensaver           100:100.fake Fake gnome-screensaver
ii  metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.26.0-3   lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils           7.4+2        X server utilities

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Fairly reproducible

Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:56:01 -0700

I can fairly reliably reproduce this, simply by logging in and opening
and closing a few browser or terminal windows.

- Josh Triplett

Message #21 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: I can confirm the BadMatch error

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:28 +0100

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found 535534 2.28.1-1
severity 535534 important
merge 535534 553000
thanks

Hi,

I can confirm this problem, it happens about every other time for me:

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 2563 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.)

Starting gnome-settings-daemon manually afterwards usually works.

I’m using xmonad as my window manager, if that makes a difference.

Thanks,
Joachim


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Message #24 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <535534@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: error in gnome-settings-daemon

Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:07:45 -0700

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.28.1-3
Severity: normal

Still present in 2.28.1-3.

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                       2.28.1-1    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                        2.10.2-6    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                    1.8.10-3+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                  1.2.24-1    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2             0.84-1      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1               2.8.0-2     generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                  2.28.1-1    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.24.0-1    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11        2.28.2-1    Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-common             2.30.0-1    The GNOME library - common files
ii  libgnomekbd4                 2.30.0-1    GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.1 0.10.28-1   GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0           0.10.28-1   Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.20.0-2    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2. 0.4.5-1     sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.3.3-2   X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                       2:1.3-4     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier16                5.0-2       X Keyboard Extension high-level AP

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver            2.28.3-1+b1 GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]  1:2.28.1-1  lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils            7.5+1       X server utilities

-- no debconf information

Message #29 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wendy Elmer <webe3vt@aim.com>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Subject: seeing this error frequently

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:18:07 -0400

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I am starting to see this error frequently also.  Here is the message
in .xsession-errors:

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 3799 error_code 8 request_code 15 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.)

I run an up to date Squeeze.

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Message #34 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Abhishek Dasgupta <abhidg@gmail.com>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Subject: error present in squeeze too

Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:55:03 +0530

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found 535534 2.30.2-2
thanks

I am running a fresh install of squeeze here. Problem appears most often
when opening a browser (iceweasel 4.0 from mozilla.debian.net). Running
gnome-settings-daemon manually afterwards works. I am using
gnome-session with xmonad set as window manager.

--
Abhishek

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Message #39 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Denis Prost <denis.prost@wanadoo.fr>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Confirmation on Squeeze

Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:56:27 +0200

I can confirm that the problem is still there in Squeeze (same error 
message as mentioned above by Wendy Elmer). It happens to me every now 
and then after booting and autologging to gnome with compiz.
Logging out and logging in again solves the problem.
Maybe it is related to the gnome session autostarted programs : zim, 
iceweasel and thunderbird (installed from mozilla site binary tarball : 
I'm not using icedove since I want 3.1.x release)

Denis

Message #44 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Leo L. Schwab" <ewhac@ewhac.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <535534@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: gnome-settings-daemon Can Die When Running Pan

Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 00:20:34 -0700

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.30.2-2
Followup-For: Bug #535534

	I have also observed gnome-settings-daemon to keel over with a
BadMatch error:

----
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
  (Details: serial 33347 error_code 8 request_code 15 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.)
----

	In my case, I can most reliably make it appear by running the 'pan'
newsreader.  About one time in three, gnome-settings-daemon will die as soon
as 'pan's main window appears.

	I have 'pan' package version 0.133-1.1 installed.  My window manager
is awesome 3.4.9-1.1.

					Schwab

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.37 (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/dash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                      2.28.1-6     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                       2.13-2       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                   1.10.2-6     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.4.8-3      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.92-1       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1              2.8.0-2.2    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.28.1-6     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.28.6-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-17       2.30.2-2     Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-common            2.30.0-1     The GNOME library - common files
ii  libgnomekbd4                2.30.2-2     GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0. 0.10.32-2    GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0          0.10.32-6+b1 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.24.4-3     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2 0.5.0-2      sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.4.3-1    X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                      2:1.4.2-1    X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier16               5.0-2        X Keyboard Extension high-level AP

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  awesome [x-window-manag 3.4.9-1.1        highly configurable, next generati
ii  dwm [x-window-manager]  5.8.2-4          dynamic window manager
ii  e16 [x-window-manager]  1.0.0-4          the Enlightenment Window Manager D
ii  e17 [x-window-manager]  0.16.999.49898-1 The Enlightenment DR17 Window Mana
ii  gnome-screensaver       2.30.0-1         GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  i3-wm [x-window-manager 3.e-bf3-1        an improved dynamic tiling window 
ii  kde-window-manager [x-w 4:4.4.5-9        the K window manager (KWin)
ii  metacity [x-window-mana 1:2.30.1-3       lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  openbox [x-window-manag 3.4.11.1-1       standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  scrotwm [x-window-manag 0.9.20-1         dynamic tiling window manager
ii  twm [x-window-manager]  1:1.0.6-1        Tab window manager
ii  wmaker [x-window-manage 0.92.0-8.2+b1    NeXTSTEP-like window manager for X
ii  wmii [x-window-manager] 3.9.2+debian-2   lightweight tabbed and tiled X11 w
ii  x11-xserver-utils       7.6+2            X server utilities

-- no debconf information

Message #49 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bart Massey <bart.massey@gmail.com>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Subject: me too

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:40:55 -0700

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This happens to me on i686 / sid. It also happened with the wheezy version.

I tried compiling gnome-settings-daemon for debugging and running it with
--no-daemon --sync under gdb with a breakpoint set at gdk_x_error but for
some reason it did not actually stop for a backtrace when it crashed. It
seems much harder to get gnome-settings-daemon to crash when compiled and
running in this way :-) and so I had to wait a couple of days. I'll let you
know if I find any more info.

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Message #54 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bart Massey <bart.massey@gmail.com>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:18:24 -0700

OK, here's a backtrace. Sorry I don't have more stuff with symbol
tables. I'll work on it.

#0  exit (status=1) at exit.c:100
#1  0xb779d1dc in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#2  0xb621ebba in xkl_process_error () from /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16
#3  0xb76330d3 in _XError (dpy=0x806ab30, rep=0x824c968)
    at ../../src/XlibInt.c:1583
#4  0xb762fd7d in handle_error (dpy=0x806ab30, err=0x824c968, in_XReply=1)
    at ../../src/xcb_io.c:212
#5  0xb7630d67 in _XReply (dpy=0x806ab30, rep=0xbfffe620, extra=0, discard=0)
    at ../../src/xcb_io.c:698
#6  0xb762651f in XQueryTree (dpy=0x806ab30, w=39846027, root=0xbfffe6f4,
    parent=0xbfffe6f0, children=0xbfffe6f8, nchildren=0xbfffe68c)
    at ../../src/QuTree.c:46
#7  0xb622698a in xkl_engine_query_tree () from /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16
#8  0xb621de26 in xkl_engine_process_focus_in_evt ()
   from /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16
#9  0xb621e9f4 in xkl_engine_filter_events () from /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16
#10 0xb6292613 in gsd_keyboard_xkb_evt_filter (xev=0xbfffe8d0, event=0x807e6e0)
    at gsd-keyboard-xkb.c:829
#11 0xb7792d72 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#12 0xb7794c2b in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#13 0xb7794ccd in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#14 0xb7988252 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#15 0xb7988a30 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#16 0xb79890f3 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#17 0xb7c74caf in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#18 0x0804bb96 in main ()

Message #59 received at 535534@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

To: 535534@bugs.debian.org

Subject: No longer present in unstable

Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:50:28 -0700

While this bug still exists in squeeze, I can no longer reproduce it in
unstable ever since upgrading to GNOME 3.

- Josh Triplett

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