error on startup

thegreats15 · 10-09-2008, 11:34 PM

hi,

i am having a problem with my system's startup
everytime on startup it takes a long time to desktop to come
and it gives an message

Quote:

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.

i am new in ubuntu...so plz help me

thanks...

Unknown_User · 10-10-2008, 04:36 PM

Try this;

* When at the login screen, press CTRL+ALT+F2.
* Log in by typing your username and password;
* Type cd ~
* Type mv .gconf .gconf.old
* Type mv .gconfd .gconfd.old
* Type mv .gnome .gnome.old
* Type mv .gnome2 .gnome2.old
* Type mv .gnome2_private .gnome2_private.old
* Type mv .metacity .metacity.old
* Type mv .nautilus .nautilus.old
* Type mv .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome.old
* Switch back to the login screen by pressing CTRL+ALT+F7.
* Press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE. Don't worry, the login screen will come back in a few seconds.
* Log in.

With thanks to elreteipos at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=395456