Hi I think I've got the same problem, although I don't have xubunt-default- settings installed (same error).
gdb backtrace: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread -1219041056 (LWP 8529)] 0xb77e5719 in g_str_hash () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 3 (Thread -1266644048 (LWP 8543)): #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb7132eec in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #2 0xb766552e in pthread_cond_timedwait () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #3 0xb74425dc in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 #4 0xb3f00488 in ?? () #5 0x0823e778 in ?? () #6 0xb4808384 in ?? () #7 0xb77d2eec in g_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #8 0xb77b5d8c in g_async_queue_push_sorted () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #9 0xb77e94ce in g_thread_pool_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #10 0xb77e75a2 in g_static_private_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #11 0xb7130341 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #12 0xb76584ee in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Thread 2 (Thread -1226667088 (LWP 8534)): #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb764e8c4 in poll () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0xb77ce7e8 in g_main_context_check () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0xb77cecb8 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0xb718770e in link_thread_io_context () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #5 0xb77e75a2 in g_static_private_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #6 0xb7130341 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #7 0xb76584ee in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread -1219041056 (LWP 8529)): #0 0xb77e5719 in g_str_hash () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #1 0xb77c073f in g_hash_table_lookup () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x080639d0 in ve_config_get () #3 0x08050392 in gdm_setup_config_set_string () #4 0x08054f89 in gdm_setup_config_set_string () #5 0xb7847423 in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #6 0xb783b79f in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #7 0xb784a2ea in g_signal_stop_emission () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #8 0xb784bb19 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #9 0xb784f030 in g_signal_emit_by_name () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #10 0xb7cb4fde in gtk_file_chooser_button_get_type () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [... a lot more ...] Maybe this is the same error as bug 49547. -- gdmsetup segfaults when xubuntu-desktop and ubuntu-desktop are both installed https://launchpad.net/bugs/46419 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs