[gentoo-user] gconfd-2 woes

[gentoo-user] gconfd-2 woes

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

greets,

today I wanted to be clever and ran "emerge -e gnome" to rebuild all my
gnome-3 desktop.

Unfortunately things didn't get better from this.

I can hardly logon, gconfd-2 produces high load and
/var/lib/gdm/.gconfd/saved_state grows quickly to around 4 GB until it
fills the disk :-(

I removed that file while gdm was not running, no matter, it got created
again ...

So right now I have no desktop on my desktop, writing this from the
thinkpad.

Could someone point me at how to start debugging this?

I already rebuilt gdm, gconf, gnome-session ... revdep-rebuild shows
nothing, dispatch-conf either

Thanks, Stefan

[gentoo-user] Re: gconfd-2 woes

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 2012-03-22 19:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> 
> greets,
> 
> today I wanted to be clever and ran "emerge -e gnome" to rebuild all my
> gnome-3 desktop.
> 
> Unfortunately things didn't get better from this.
> 
> I can hardly logon, gconfd-2 produces high load and
> /var/lib/gdm/.gconfd/saved_state grows quickly to around 4 GB until it
> fills the disk :-(
> 
> I removed that file while gdm was not running, no matter, it got created
> again ...

addon: it seems full of pulseaudio-related lines ... maybe I should
rebuild that one now as well

[gentoo-user] Re: gconfd-2 woes

[walt]

On 03/22/2012 12:03 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 2012-03-22 19:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
>>
>> greets,
>>
>> today I wanted to be clever and ran "emerge -e gnome" to rebuild all my
>> gnome-3 desktop.
>>
>> Unfortunately things didn't get better from this.
>>
>> I can hardly logon, gconfd-2 produces high load and
>> /var/lib/gdm/.gconfd/saved_state grows quickly to around 4 GB until it
>> fills the disk :-(
>>
>> I removed that file while gdm was not running, no matter, it got created
>> again ...
> 
> addon: it seems full of pulseaudio-related lines ... maybe I should
> rebuild that one now as well

Or delete it ;)  If that doesn't work I would start by creating a new test
user account and run gnome-3 from there.  The problem may be caused by one
of the zillion gnome config files in your home directory.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gconfd-2 woes

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 2012-03-22 20:47, schrieb walt:
> On 03/22/2012 12:03 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
>> Am 2012-03-22 19:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
>>>
>>> greets,
>>>
>>> today I wanted to be clever and ran "emerge -e gnome" to rebuild all my
>>> gnome-3 desktop.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately things didn't get better from this.
>>>
>>> I can hardly logon, gconfd-2 produces high load and
>>> /var/lib/gdm/.gconfd/saved_state grows quickly to around 4 GB until it
>>> fills the disk :-(
>>>
>>> I removed that file while gdm was not running, no matter, it got created
>>> again ...
>>
>> addon: it seems full of pulseaudio-related lines ... maybe I should
>> rebuild that one now as well
> 
> Or delete it ;)  If that doesn't work I would start by creating a new test
> user account and run gnome-3 from there.  The problem may be caused by one
> of the zillion gnome config files in your home directory.

The problem starts even before I log in!

S

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gconfd-2 woes

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

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You
El 22/03/2012 13:04, "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@xunil.at> escribió:
>
> Am 2012-03-22 19:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> >
> > greets,
> >
> > today I wanted to be clever and ran "emerge -e gnome" to rebuild all my
> > gnome-3 desktop.
> >
> > Unfortunately things didn't get better from this.
> >
> > I can hardly logon, gconfd-2 produces high load and
> > /var/lib/gdm/.gconfd/saved_state grows quickly to around 4 GB until it
> > fills the disk :-(
> >
> > I removed that file while gdm was not running, no matter, it got created
> > again ...
>
> addon: it seems full of pulseaudio-related lines ... maybe I should
> rebuild that one now as well

You can remove /var/lib/gdm, and reemerge gdm. It usually works for me.

Regards.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gconfd-2 woes

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 2012-03-22 21:14, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés:
> You
> El 22/03/2012 13:04, "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@xunil.at
> <mailto:lists@xunil.at>> escribió:
>>
>> Am 2012-03-22 19:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
>> >
>> > greets,
>> >
>> > today I wanted to be clever and ran "emerge -e gnome" to rebuild all my
>> > gnome-3 desktop.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately things didn't get better from this.
>> >
>> > I can hardly logon, gconfd-2 produces high load and
>> > /var/lib/gdm/.gconfd/saved_state grows quickly to around 4 GB until it
>> > fills the disk :-(
>> >
>> > I removed that file while gdm was not running, no matter, it got created
>> > again ...
>>
>> addon: it seems full of pulseaudio-related lines ... maybe I should
>> rebuild that one now as well
> 
> You can remove /var/lib/gdm, and reemerge gdm. It usually works for me.

that helped a bit .... the saved_state file now peaks at around 500 MB
... but the shell(?) crashes again.

I see lots of:

gconfd-2[18280] general protection ip:7f24944dfa5f sp:7fffc4f6bfe8
error:0 in libc-2.14.1.so[7f24943c7000+181000]


in "dmesg".

As mentioned, gconf has been rebuilt already.

I also didn't change anything in terms of (un)masking stuff when I
re-emerged gnome today.

[I] gnome-base/gconf
     Available versions:  (2) 2.32.3 2.32.4 (~)3.2.3
	{{debug doc +introspection ldap +orbit policykit}}
     Installed versions:  3.2.3(2)(18:50:53 22.03.2012)(introspection
orbit policykit -debug -doc -ldap)

[I] sys-libs/glibc
     Available versions:  (2.2) (~)2.9_p20081201-r3!s 2.10.1-r1!s
2.11.3!s (~)2.12.1-r3!s 2.12.2!s (~)2.13-r2!s 2.13-r4!s (~)2.14!s
(~)2.14.1!s (~)2.14.1-r1!s (~)2.14.1-r2!s **2.15!s **9999!s
	{{crosscompile_opts_headers-only debug gd glibc-omitfp hardened
multilib profile selinux vanilla}}
     Installed versions:  2.14.1-r2(2.2)!s(00:48:53 20.01.2012)(multilib
-crosscompile_opts_headers-only -debug -gd -glibc-omitfp -hardened
-profile -selinux -vanilla)

restarted xdm, saved_state grows again, and this is *before* I even get
the login.

S

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gconfd-2 woes

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 2012-03-22 23:44, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> Am 2012-03-22 21:14, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés:
>> You
>> El 22/03/2012 13:04, "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@xunil.at
>> <mailto:lists@xunil.at>> escribió:
>>>
>>> Am 2012-03-22 19:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
>>>>
>>>> greets,
>>>>
>>>> today I wanted to be clever and ran "emerge -e gnome" to rebuild all my
>>>> gnome-3 desktop.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately things didn't get better from this.
>>>>
>>>> I can hardly logon, gconfd-2 produces high load and
>>>> /var/lib/gdm/.gconfd/saved_state grows quickly to around 4 GB until it
>>>> fills the disk :-(
>>>>
>>>> I removed that file while gdm was not running, no matter, it got created
>>>> again ...
>>>
>>> addon: it seems full of pulseaudio-related lines ... maybe I should
>>> rebuild that one now as well
>>
>> You can remove /var/lib/gdm, and reemerge gdm. It usually works for me.
> 
> that helped a bit .... the saved_state file now peaks at around 500 MB
> ... but the shell(?) crashes again.
> 
> I see lots of:
> 
> gconfd-2[18280] general protection ip:7f24944dfa5f sp:7fffc4f6bfe8
> error:0 in libc-2.14.1.so[7f24943c7000+181000]
> 
> 
> in "dmesg".
> 
> As mentioned, gconf has been rebuilt already.
> 
> I also didn't change anything in terms of (un)masking stuff when I
> re-emerged gnome today.
> 
> [I] gnome-base/gconf
>      Available versions:  (2) 2.32.3 2.32.4 (~)3.2.3
> 	{{debug doc +introspection ldap +orbit policykit}}
>      Installed versions:  3.2.3(2)(18:50:53 22.03.2012)(introspection
> orbit policykit -debug -doc -ldap)
> 
> [I] sys-libs/glibc
>      Available versions:  (2.2) (~)2.9_p20081201-r3!s 2.10.1-r1!s
> 2.11.3!s (~)2.12.1-r3!s 2.12.2!s (~)2.13-r2!s 2.13-r4!s (~)2.14!s
> (~)2.14.1!s (~)2.14.1-r1!s (~)2.14.1-r2!s **2.15!s **9999!s
> 	{{crosscompile_opts_headers-only debug gd glibc-omitfp hardened
> multilib profile selinux vanilla}}
>      Installed versions:  2.14.1-r2(2.2)!s(00:48:53 20.01.2012)(multilib
> -crosscompile_opts_headers-only -debug -gd -glibc-omitfp -hardened
> -profile -selinux -vanilla)

sure, I rebuilt glibc now and gconf after that.
Still same symptoms :-(

S

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gconfd-2 woes

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 23.03.2012 00:32, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:

> sure, I rebuilt glibc now and gconf after that.
> Still same symptoms :-(

I solved it halfways by:

quickpkg gconf on my thinkpad
mv it over and emerge it on the problematic machine

re-emerge gvfs
removing saved_state files (in /var/lib/gdm/.gconfd and ~/.gconfd)

right now the gnome-session is UP

If I re-emerge gconf here I get the same crashes and protection errors.

So I will keep it this way for now.

I wanted to get rid of any hidden problems with my "emerge -e gnome"
yesterday. Didn't work out as expected.

greets, Stefan