Re: about 'gnome-settings-daemon'.

["KC8LDO" <kc8ldo arrl net>]

I had this crashing on me too. After doing some extensive research using 
Google I discovered it was due to the keyboard plugin.

On my Fedora-12 system I used the configuration editor GUI for Gnome. Goto:

"->apps->gnome_setting_daemon->plugins->xrdb" and uncheck the "active" box 
on the right hand window.

I have no idea why this fixed the crashing at login. Maybe someone else has 
an idea.

Regards;

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO