Maybe it's trying to change your keymap, and fails. There are similar reports on Debian too, one upstream commit seems to have broken things.
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High Status: New => Incomplete -- Crash when starting gnome-settings-daemon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184651 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs