Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:56:34 +1000 From: Andrew Thomson <andrewjt@applecomm.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome settings daemon failing to start Message-ID: <1081986993.76324.8.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> In-Reply-To: <1081919385.52419.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> 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> <1081919385.52419.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 15:09, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > 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, > > > > > > > > > > > > After my upgrade to 2.6, everything went smoothly except for when I > > > > > > startup, I get a little dialogue complaining that the "gnome settings > > > > > > daemon" could not be started and thefore I get dodgy icons on the > > > > > > desktop. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have created a new user and tried starting gnome and it all comes up > > > > > > perfectly. So I assume I have something funny lying around in one of the > > > > > > gnome . directories. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried removing some obvious ones but no luck yet... > > > > > > > > > > > > .esd_auth > > > > > > .gconf > > > > > > .gconfd > > > > > > .gnome > > > > > > .gnome2 > > > > > > .gnome2_private > > > > > > .metacity > > > > > > .nautilus > > > > > > > > > > > > Any clues on what's causing this problem? > > > > > > > > > > You should try launching /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon by > > > > > hand to see exactly why it's not coming up. > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > Probably doesn't help much, but running the gnome-settings-daemon once > > > > everything has started results in a working gnome-settings-daemon!! > > > > > > > > Restarted X again but still doesn't want to start on startup! > > > > > > Okay, then what you need to do is start it manually, then save your > > > session, and log back in. > > > > > > > Sorry to be a pain,, no love after saving session and restarting.. > > > > Is this the normal output from gnome-settings-daemon ? > > > > /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Unexpected error in waitpid() (No child processes) > > > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed > > > > ** (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. > Perhaps it has something to do with your environment. How do you start > GNOME? What environment settings do you have? > Thanks for the assistance Joe. Just start a gnome-session from my .xinitrc However given everything works fine for other users I'll start tampering with my own account... I'll try and remove a few of the other directories Mezz suggested. I'll keep the list posted on the outcome! regards, ajt.
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