I have the same issue - and I've been trying to report it for ages but the Launchpad janitor kept closing it.
For me in a normal unity session it results in a reduced graphical interface and the only solution is to log out and back in again to reload gnome settings daemon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/714088 Title: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon Suite à la mise à jour de Natty vers alpha 2 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.32.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic 2.6.38-rc2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Sun Feb 6 15:11:42 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110202) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr_FR.UTF-8:fr:en_GB:en LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f4b510733d0: mov 0x70(%rax),%rdi PC (0x7f4b510733d0) ok source "0x70(%rax)" (0xaaaaaaaaaaaaab1a) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%rdi" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/libappindicator.so.1 g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare XsessionErrors: (nautilus:1359): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed (gnome-power-manager:1370): libappindicator-WARNING **: Unable to connect to the Notification Watcher: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.83 was not provided by any .service files (gnome-power-manager:1370): libappindicator-WARNING **: Unable to connect to the Notification Watcher: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.83 was not provided by any .service files (gnome-power-manager:1370): libappindicator-WARNING **: Unable to connect to the Notification Watcher: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.83 was not provided by any .service files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/714088/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp