Description of problem: Booting the new kernel with "i915.modeset=1" causes gnome-settings-daemon to crash after logging in. From kernel changelog: * Thu Mar 06 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied> - Add initial i915 drm modesetting tree - needs i915.modeset=1 on command line + new libdrm + new intel driver to actually be useful Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-settings-daemon-2.21.92-2.fc9.x86_64 kernel-2.6.25-0.101.rc4.git3.fc9.x86_64 libdrm-2.4.0-0.9.fc9.i386 libdrm-2.4.0-0.9.fc9.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-evdev-1.99.1-0.1.fc9.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.2.1-9.fc9.x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.901-1.20080307.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot above kernel version with i915.modeset=1 command line 2. log into GNOME, note dialog about gnome-settings-daemon failing to start 3. try running "/usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon" manually Actual results: > /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Starting settings manager ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/ ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/clipboard for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrdb for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/font for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/typing-break for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xsettings for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keybindings for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/dummy for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/a11y-keyboard for changes ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x122e8f0 initialising ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:3497): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing Resource Timestamp: 63841 Resource Configuration Timestamp: 63841 CRTC 39 Timestamp: 63841 CRTC 3a Timestamp: 63841 Output 3b Timestamp: 63841 > ps auxw | grep gnome-settings-daemon (nothing returned) Expected results: gnome-settings-daemon shouldn't crash Additional info: See attached run through strace and gdb.
Created attachment 297368 [details] run through strace and gdb with backtrace
*** Bug 437185 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Still happens on these versions: gnome-settings-daemon-2.22.0-1.fc9.x86_64 kernel-2.6.25-0.113.rc5.git2.fc9.x86_64 libdrm-2.4.0-0.9.fc9.i386 libdrm-2.4.0-0.9.fc9.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-evdev-1.99.1-0.4.fc9.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.2.1-10.fc9.x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.901-5.20080310.fc9.x86_64
Is it related to .gnome2/monitors.xml ? What does such a file look like? open("/home/torel/.gnome2/monitors.xml", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f2247615000 write(1, "parse error\n", 12parse error ) = 12
Btw, I have FX 570M gfx and using nv driver. Trying to compile latest nvidia driver, but there are some changes to kernel. So I think this is more general that i915. Maybe Xinerama related? It do not crash if I turn of xinerama.
Ubuntu has a similar bug with a patch that fixes it. Maybe it would be worth looking into: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop/+bug/198951/comments/44
I just applied the patch mentioned in #6 and recompiled gnome-desktop, not it WFM. No idea how to make patches, this is my first miserable try ... (/home/ds)$ diff -n rpmbuild/SOURCES/add-randr-12.patch rpmbuild/SOURCES/add-randr-12.patch.new --- rpmbuild/SOURCES/add-randr-12.patch 2008-03-02 22:18:50.000000000 +0000 +++ rpmbuild/SOURCES/add-randr-12.patch.new 2008-03-20 02:23:33.000000000 +0000 @@ -2535,10 +2535,10 @@ + a = g_ptr_array_new (); + for (i = 0; i < info->nclone; ++i) + { -+ RWOutput *output = rw_output_by_id (output->info, info->clones[i]); ++ RWOutput *rwoutput = rw_output_by_id (output->info, info->clones[i]); + -+ if (output) -+ g_ptr_array_add (a, output); ++ if (rwoutput) ++ g_ptr_array_add (a, rwoutput); + } + g_ptr_array_add (a, NULL); + output->clones = (RWOutput **)g_ptr_array_free (a, FALSE);
I hope this is fixed in gnome-desktop 2.22.0-2 which should appear in rawhide soon. Feel free to reopen if it isn't.