Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 244625
Gnome volume control applet crashes frequently
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:07 EST
Description of problem: Gnome volume control applet tends to keep crashing everytime I try to change my preferences. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.18.0-3.fc7 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try muting and unmuting a few of the controls. Then add a control from the preferences screen, now change its state. 2. Now remove that control using the preferences screen. 3. Close the applet Actual results: 1. Bug buddy comes up with crash details 2. This somehow messes up the gconf settings, rendering the desktop unusable the next time it loads up 3. I need to remove the sound entry keys from ~/.gconf directory and get my desktop back. Expected results: 1. The applet should close without crashing 2. It should not mess up the gconf settings to the point that the desktop can not be brought up again! Additional info: Since bug buddy is unable to file a bug against this component (this issue is tracked via #244526), I had installed the devel packages and saved the stack to a file. Attaching the file to this bug report.
Created attachment 157255 [details] Stack trace of the crash
Could you please gather a stack trace with debuginfo packages installed? See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StackTraces for details. I have a hard time believing this could make the desktop unusable though. If something crashes or hangs when starting the desktop, please report a new bug.
Hi Bastien, Well,off late things seem to be stable. But trust me, once the gconf entries get messed up, then the next time I restart the system, I can do a login, but I end up with a background image only!!! No panel, no menus, nothing... zilch! I am closing this bug since I am no longer able to reproduce this issue, but since I have already downloaded the debug packages, I shall open the bug if it happens again. thanks, Rogue
It's probably the old esound bug that made the panel and a number of apps hang, if you had enabled it in the prefs. Latest esound in F7 should have the bug fix.