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We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures. At a minimum, we need: 1. The specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem. 2. The behavior you expected. 3. The behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible). Thanks! ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731428 Title: gnome-session-binary: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On Ubuntu 17.10 artful gnome-session 3.26.1-0ubuntu6 gnome-settings-daemon 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session[6947]: gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop' failed to register before timeout Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session[6947]: gnome-session-binary[6947]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry.... Nov 10 09:18:44 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry.... There is no other mention of org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop before in syslog and kern.log, which is odd. However, I found the following lines earlier in syslog regarding gnome-settings-daemon: Nov 10 09:17:12 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session[6947]: gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary Nov 10 09:17:12 samsung-ubuntu gnome-session-binary[6947]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-settings-daemon.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary I'll try to reinstall gnome-settings-daemon. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri Nov 10 09:18:44 2017 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1731428/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
