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Old 08-10-2009, 07:23 PM   #1
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error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon


hi

I've done an Upgrade on Lenny with Gnome to Squeeze and now I'm getting each time this message:
Code:
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.
Howto solve it?
 
Old 08-11-2009, 02:01 AM   #2
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Welcome to the club...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-error-743425/

There is no particular solution yet. I use the dalayed autologin option of gdm and it gets me past the error 9 out of 10 times.
 
Old 08-12-2009, 01:42 PM   #3
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It seems to be a BUG in gnome-settings-daemon.
Has someone already tried gnome-settings-daemon 2.26 from unstable?
 
Old 08-12-2009, 11:59 PM   #4
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It seems to be a BUG in gnome-settings-daemon.
Has someone already tried gnome-settings-daemon 2.26 from unstable?
I don't think this is something wise to do...

Code:
# apt-get install -t unstable gnome-settings-daemon
Ανάγνωση Λιστών Πακέτων... Ολοκληρώθηκε
Κατασκευή Δένδρου Εξαρτήσεων                  
Ανάγνωση περιγραφής της τρέχουσας κατάσταση... Ολοκληρώθηκε
Τα ακόλουθα επιπλέον πακέτα θα εγκατασταθούν:
  gnome-session gnome-session-bin libaudit0 libdrm-intel1 libdrm2
  libpciaccess0 libxi6 xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
  xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm
  xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips
  xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128
  xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64
  xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nv
  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128
  xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd
  xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa
  xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
Προτεινόμενα πακέτα:
  gnome-user-guide gnome2-user-guide gnome-screensaver
  gpointing-device-settings touchfreeze wacom-tools firmware-linux
Συνιστώμενα πακέτα:
  libgl1-mesa-dri
Τα ακόλουθα πακέτα θα ΑΦΑΙΡΕΘΟΥΝ:
  xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-video-cyrix
  xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-imstt
  xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-vga
Τα ακόλουθα ΝΕΑ πακέτα θα εγκατασταθούν:
  gnome-session-bin libaudit0 libdrm-intel1 libpciaccess0 xserver-common
Τα ακόλουθα πακέτα θα αναβαθμιστούν:
  gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon libdrm2 libxi6 xserver-xorg
  xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all
  xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati
  xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
  xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-intel
  xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
  xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128
  xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd
  xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa
  xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
42 αναβαθμίστηκαν, 5 νέο εγκατεστημένα, 9 θα αφαιρεθούν και 187 δεν αναβαθμίζονται.
Χρειάζεται να μεταφορτωθούν 8451kB από αρχεία.
Μετά από αυτή τη λειτουργία, θα ελευθερωθούν 6887kB χώρου από το δίσκο.
Θέλετε να συνεχίσετε [Ν/ο]; n
It's... out of my mind on how a tiny little component of DE depends on the new xorg! Ubuntu influences...

("Τα ακόλουθα πακέτα θα αναβαθμιστούν:" = "The following packages will be upgraded:")

Last edited by jim_p; 08-13-2009 at 12:00 AM.
 
Old 08-13-2009, 06:55 AM   #5
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I went ahead and installed gnome-settings-daemon from unstable. It seems to work. My experience with this error has been that it has been intermittent on my machine, so I cannot tell you if it will work tomorrow, but for three or four reboots today there has been no error message.

Installing gnome-settings-daemon also installs gnome-session along with all the xorg stuff noted above. I already had the xorg stuff installed, so gnome-session and gnome-session-bin were the biggest changes. After this update compiz started on my machine at login (whereas I would prefer metacity to start on login and compiz to start when I specifically requested it to) so I've been trying different things to get metacity to start automatically. Those are the only side effects I can report, though your mileage may vary. If this change doesn't work tomorrow or in the near future I will post it to both threads.
 
  


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