Description of problem: The message gconf-helper[1743]: segfault at 89670 ip 0000000000089670 sp 00007fffd296c2d8 error 14 in gconf-helper[400000+2000] appears in /var/log/messages during boot to multi-user mode. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.16-5.test4.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot to multi-user mode 2. 3. Actual results: gconf-helper[1743]: segfault at 89670 ip 0000000000089670 sp 00007fffd296c2d8 error 14 in gconf-helper[400000+2000] Expected results: no segfault Additional info: There is a python traceback on VGA text console, but it is impossible to read because it goes by too fast, and there is no record of it in dmesg or /var/log/messages. I don't even know whether it is relevant to this bug report.
Here are the surrounding lines from a recent /var/log/messages: ----- Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 rtkit-daemon[1632]: Sucessfully made thread 1764 of process 1764 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' high priority at nice level -11. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 pulseaudio[1764]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 pulseaudio[1764]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working profile. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 pulseaudio[1764]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="1" name="pci-0000_01_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1" tsched=1 card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 rtkit-daemon[1632]: Sucessfully made thread 1773 of process 1764 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' RT at priority 5. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 rtkit-daemon[1632]: Sucessfully made thread 1774 of process 1764 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' RT at priority 5. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 kernel: gconf-helper[1775]: segfault at 89670 ip 0000000000089670 sp 00007fff4e509678 error 14 in gconf-helper[400000+2000] Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 pulseaudio[1764]: module-gconf.c: Unable to read or parse data from client. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 pulseaudio[1764]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-gconf" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Aug 12 07:08:32 f12a64 pulseaudio[1764]: main.c: Module load failed. Aug 12 07:08:33 f12a64 rtkit-daemon[1632]: Sucessfully made thread 1795 of process 1795 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' high priority at nice level -11. Aug 12 07:08:33 f12a64 pulseaudio[1795]: pid.c: Daemon already running. -----
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 516671 ***