same happens on current image of 13.04 i386 desktop live environment right after restarting networking service, so basically in my case steps to reproduce look like this:
1. --2013-03-04 16:19:34-- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/raring-desktop-i386.iso (gmt +3) 2. boot into system 3. get into another terminal (ctrl+alt+f1) 4. sudo service network-manager stop 5. sudo service networking restart gnome-settings-daemon segfault occurs according to syslog: Mar 4 17:29:19 ubuntu kernel: [ 302.709872] gnome-settings-[3658]: segfault at 8 ip b3e336b1 sp bff56430 error 4 in libpower.so[b3e23000+19000] Mar 4 17:29:21 ubuntu gnome-session[2997]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' killed by signal 11 Mar 4 13:39:10 ubuntu gnome-session[2997]: WARNING: Could not connect to ConsoleKit: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072518 Title: Restarting network crashes (apparently) the desktop manager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1072518/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs