Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:51:44 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> To: Trigve Siver <trigves@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome-settings-daemon problem under gnome 2.18 Message-ID: <46279E20.5050302@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <619726.65882.qm@web52710.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <619726.65882.qm@web52710.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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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 This points to D-BUS and avahi not running on your system. Try adding either: gnome_enable="YES" or dbus_enable="YES" avahi_daemon_enable="YES" avahi_dnsconfd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf, then reboot. If you still get problems starting g-s-d, try running it manually from the command line (/usr/local/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon) after you login. Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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