Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:18:06 +0200 From: Volker <volker@vwsoft.com> To: Trigve Siver <trigves@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome-settings-daemon problem under gnome 2.18 Message-ID: <46260C7E.2010904@vwsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <637593.50292.qm@web52702.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <637593.50292.qm@web52702.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On 12/23/-58 20:59, Trigve Siver wrote: > Hi > I have update gnome to gnome 2.18. I'm using FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.2 with X11BASE set to /usr/local. When I try to log in gnome the message window with this message popup: > > There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. > > Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work correctly. > > The last error message was: > > Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy > blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. > > GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in. > > output from /var/log/messages: > > Apr 18 12:17:33 pentium4 seahorse-agent[1677]: DNS-SD initialization failed: Dae > mon not running > Apr 18 12:17:33 pentium4 seahorse-agent[1677]: Failed to send buffer > Apr 18 12:17:33 pentium4 seahorse-agent[1677]: Failed to send buffer > > Once I'm logged in, desktop is useless because there are no icons on panel and I can do nothing. > When I logged in as a root, the message still appears > but icons on the panel are ok and I can use it. > > Anyone know where could be the problem? > > thanks > > Trigve Trigve, if you googled a bit for that, I've had the exactly same error message in February but didn't get a reply. Some ubuntu users were also having this but they judged that being a software bug. I've been able to solve that problem by deleting most user specific gnome configuration settings (~/.g*/*, ~/.nautilus*/* etc.). You may verify it's a local user configuration problem by adding a fresh user to your system and log in from gdm and not seeing this problem. If you can make sure this problem doesn't pop up using a fresh user configuration, drop your old user config and this problem should disappear. Also check your session settings. Your DNS-SD problem with 'Failed to send buffer' seems to be a different story. You should check network settings at the first place. HTH, Volker
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