I have now completed an upgrade to 13:10, which has solved the issue, so I'm afraid I don't have any more data to share. The error was still happening if I ran the control-centre from the command line.
Kind regards Steve Steve Gooberman-Hill Skype: steve.gooberman.hill On 11 November 2013 11:10, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Thank you for your bug report. What package did you update? Does it > happen in a guest session? Do you get any error if you run gnome- > control-center from a command line? > > ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249634 > > Title: > control center screen is non-functional and re-opens as it is closed > > Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > ran apt-get update today > control center is now non functional - some screens (eg sound) don't > work at all > others behave badly (eg display) > when I try and close the control centre it immediately reopens and takes > the screen focus. reboot won't cure > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 > Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48-generic 3.8.13.11 > Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Sat Nov 9 16:56:27 2013 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-17 (176 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 > (20130424) > MarkForUpload: True > SourcePackage: gnome-control-center > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-11-09 (0 days ago) > usr_lib_gnome-control-center: > activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.2 > deja-dup 26.0-0ubuntu1 > gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.6bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1.1 > gnome-control-center-unity 1.3daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1 > indicator-datetime 12.10.3daily13.03.26-0ubuntu1 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1249634/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249634 Title: control center screen is non-functional and re-opens as it is closed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1249634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs