Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 01:09:45 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Andrew Thomson <andrewjt@applecomm.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome settings daemon failing to start Message-ID: <1081919385.52419.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1081909977.76324.1.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> References: <1081842754.94842.6.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> <1081859913.95770.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1081896653.11882.1.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> <1081897083.839.69.camel@gyros> <1081909977.76324.1.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
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On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 22:32, Andrew Thomson wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 08:58, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 18:50, Andrew Thomson wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 22:38, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 03:52, Andrew Thomson wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >=20
> > > > > After my upgrade to 2.6, everything went smoothly except for when=
I
> > > > > startup, I get a little dialogue complaining that the "gnome sett=
ings
> > > > > daemon" could not be started and thefore I get dodgy icons on the
> > > > > desktop.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > I have created a new user and tried starting gnome and it all com=
es up
> > > > > perfectly. So I assume I have something funny lying around in one=
of the
> > > > > gnome . directories.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > I have tried removing some obvious ones but no luck yet...
> > > > >=20
> > > > > .esd_auth
> > > > > .gconf
> > > > > .gconfd
> > > > > .gnome
> > > > > .gnome2
> > > > > .gnome2_private
> > > > > .metacity
> > > > > .nautilus
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Any clues on what's causing this problem?
> > > >=20
> > > > You should try launching /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon b=
y
> > > > hand to see exactly why it's not coming up.
> > > >=20
> > > > Joe
> > >=20
> > > Probably doesn't help much, but running the gnome-settings-daemon onc=
e
> > > everything has started results in a working gnome-settings-daemon!!
> > >=20
> > > Restarted X again but still doesn't want to start on startup!
> >=20
> > Okay, then what you need to do is start it manually, then save your
> > session, and log back in.
> >=20
>=20
> Sorry to be a pain,, no love after saving session and restarting..
>=20
> Is this the normal output from gnome-settings-daemon ?
>=20
> /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
> =
** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Unexpected error in wa=
itpid() (No child processes)
> =
=20
> ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> =
=20
> ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> waitpid() (No child processes)
These messages are normal when I start g-s-d manually via a remote X
DISPLAY. I don't know why it's not starting for you automatically.=20
Perhaps it has something to do with your environment. How do you start
GNOME? What environment settings do you have?
Joe
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> ajt.
>=20
> > Joe
> >=20
> > >=20
> > > ajt.
> > >=20
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