Distribution: Debian 3.1
Package: control-center
Severity: normal
Version: GNOME2.6.1 2.6.1
Gnome-Distributor: Debian
Synopsis: gnome-background-properties crashes on startup
Bugzilla-Product: control-center
Bugzilla-Component: background
Bugzilla-Version: 2.6.1
BugBuddy-GnomeVersion: 2.0 (2.6.1.1)
Description:
Description of the crash:
Every time I try to start gnome-background-properties it halts with an
error message that it has quit unexpectedly.

Steps to reproduce the crash:
1. Invoke gnome-background-properties
2. Errr.
3. That's it.

Expected Results:
I expected to be able to change my background settings

How often does this happen?
Every time it is run

Additional Information:

Here's the output you get if it's run from a command line.
john@bletchley:~$ gnome-background-properties

(gnome-background-properties:2209): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtksettings.c:
line 447 (gtk_settings_get_for_screen): assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN
(screen)' failed

(gnome-background-properties:2209): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid
(NULL) pointer instance

(gnome-background-properties:2209): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file
gsignal.c: line 1726 (g_signal_handler_disconnect): assertion
`G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
john@bletchley:~$



Debugging Information:

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/gnome-background-properties'

(no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library
"/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging
symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 1083425984 (LWP 2240)]
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging
symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...0x4118a40e in __waitpid_nocancel
() from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0

+ Trace 49720

------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2004-08-29 03:25 -------


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