From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 25 06:39:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8272D106564A for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:39:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (ip-58-28-152-174.static-xdsl.xnet.co.nz [58.28.152.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30CB88FC15 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:39:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 670372840E; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:39:44 +1200 (NZST) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:39:44 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Joe Marcus Clarke Message-ID: <20090425063944.GA70378@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20090425052111.GA95910@osiris.chen.org.nz> <1240638460.58743.103.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1240638460.58743.103.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Preferences failures with GNOME 2.26.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:39:46 -0000 On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:47:40AM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 17:21 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just upgraded from 2.26 to 2.26.1, and I'm finding that my personal > > UI preferences are not recognised anymore. When I try to run > > "gnome-mouse-properties", it comes back with a dialog box stating: > > > > "Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'. > > Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not > > take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME > > (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with > > the GNOME settings manager." > > > > However, a quick "ps ax" reveals a recently started > > gnome-settings-daemon. Keyboard settings are similarly affected. > > Do you have a custom pulseaudio configuration? Nope. Just what is installed out of ports. I do notice that the process hangs around even after I logout. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck. Twice is coincidence. Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.