Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:34:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few problems with X.org desktop Message-ID: <20040626132944.R888@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20040626054208.conrads@cox.net> References: <XFMail.20040626054208.conrads@cox.net>
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > I just switched from XFree86 to the X.org system, and now after logging > into GNOME, I'm getting an error dialog saying: > > There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. > > Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not > work correctly. > > The Settings Daemon restarted too many times. > > The last error message was: > > Failed to read from child process: Invalid argument > > GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log > in. > > A few of my applets failed to load as well (Show Desktop, Workspace > Switcher, Window List), complaining like so: > > The panel encountered a problem while loading > "OAFIID:GNOME_ShowDesktopApplet". > Details: Failed to resolve, or extend > '!prefs_key=/apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/applet_6/prefs;backgrou > nd=none:;orient=up;size=medium;locked_down=false > > Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration? > > Should I just rebuild GNOME, or is there an easier way? I had these problems, too. Indeed they went away after a # marcusmerge and a # portupgrade -a and a # reboot (!!!) So I was lucky: No forced upgrade was necessary (which will take about three days on my PIII). Uli. > > -- > Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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