Bug 216601

Summary:	gnome-settings-daemon crashes if ~/.Xdefaults exists but is not accessible
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Stephan Wiesand <stephan.wiesand>
Component:	gnome-core	Assignee:	Denise Dumas <ddumas>
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Version:	5.0	CC:	bnocera, mcepl, stephan.wiesand
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Description Stephan Wiesand 2006-11-21 07:45:58 UTC

Description of problem:

If ~/.Xdefaults exists but gnome-settings-daemon can't access it, it will crash.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

% rpm -qf /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
control-center-2.16.0-11.el5.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. touch ~/.Xdefaults
2. chmod 000 ~/.Xdefaults
3. log in to a new gnome session
  
Actual results:
A dialog box telling the user that his session may not work as expected.

Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2008-11-19 10:41:04 UTC

Shouldn't this be reassigned to Bastien?

Comment 3 cyrushmh 2010-04-30 05:58:55 UTC

#yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update




正在升级       : gnome-settings-daemon-2.30.1-3.fc13.i686                                                                                             5/16 
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/gconf/schemas/apps_gnome_settings_daemon_screensaver.schemas"
打开“/etc/gconf/schemas/apps_gnome_settings_daemon_screensaver.schemas”失败：没有那个文件或目录


2.6.33.2-57.fc13.i686.PAE

Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2014-03-07 13:45:41 UTC

This bug/component is not included in scope for RHEL-5.11.0 which is the last RHEL5 minor release. This Bugzilla will soon be CLOSED as WONTFIX (at the end of RHEL5.11 development phase (Apr 22, 2014)). Please contact your account manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.

Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2014-06-02 13:20:07 UTC

Thank you for submitting this request for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. We've carefully evaluated the request, but are unable to include it in RHEL5 stream. If the issue is critical for your business, please provide additional business justification through the appropriate support channels (https://access.redhat.com/site/support).