FS#4567 - new gnome-panel screws up settings daemon
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Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Thursday, 04 May 2006, 16:37 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Thursday, 22 June 2006, 17:20 GMT
Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Thursday, 04 May 2006, 16:37 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Thursday, 22 June 2006, 17:20 GMT
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Details
After the last gnome-panel upgrade, starting any Gnome
config app has invariably produced a popup window with this
warning:
Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'. Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager. Occasionally I get a similar message while Gnome is starting up. In addition, keybindings seem to work only about half the time, and keybindings for the screensaver never work. |
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There is a way to work around it. Remove the .gconf file (and thereby get rid of all your Gnome settings) and the following session won't screw up; however, the session after that one will usually pull the gnome-settings-daemon crap all over again, and throwing away all your Gnome settings every time you start a session is simply not feasible at all.
Could you try and see if pacman -Rc gconf ; pacman -S gnome solves your problem.
this sounds like data corruption...
When you're running a dualhead setup with xinerama disabled, this bug will hit you. I think I noticed this at linuxtag also with my dualscreen setup I used there.
I will wreck out the per-display registration in gnome-settings-daemon for the next update.
Section "Screen"
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SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
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Could that actually fool Gnome into setting things up for another screen? Or does it not matter?
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I'm guessing that's what it should be?
settings daemon:
- Fixed potential overrun (Ray Strode) (338254)
I wonder if that is the cause of the settings-daemon crashes?
The actual bug here is this one: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344069
I will revert the last two changes mentioned in my bugreport upstream until they come with a better fix.
Still getting it: Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'. Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.