Re: please--gnome daemon

[Maxwell Bottiger <sleepylight jive-turkey net>]

Hey,
	I didn't write back because I didn't think I could really tell you 
anything useful, but hey here it goes.

	I ran into the exact same problem that you are having when I 
upgraded my RH 9 machine to Fedora Core 1.  Actually, I still randomly get 
the error occationally.  I posted a bug report to bugzilla, but as far as 
I can tell all that ever happened with it is lots of people posting "Yeah, 
that happened to me too" to it.

	I don't really know how to "fix" the problem, but I can tell you 
how to remove it.  I deleted my .gnome2, .gnome2_private and probably my 
.gnome_dekstop directories in my home dir.  The gnome settings daemon 
doesn't seem to give out any useful error messages other than it's loading 
too much.

	These .gnome* files are generated by GNOME the first time you log 
in.  If they are missing GNOME is smart enough to generate the default 
ones in their place.  Be aware though, by doing this you'll loose your 
current desktop setup.  If you have lots of fancy panels, home made 
launchers etc, you are going to loose them.  Its not that you can't 
re-make them, it's just that you'll have to spend some time doing it.

	Like I said, this isn't a "fix" in the true sense of the word, but 
it will get you back to something that works.  I've had this same thing 
happen to me twice.  Both times I had to wipe everything and start over.  
Beyond that, I don't know what to say.

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Ted Parks wrote:

> This is my second posting, no one having helped the first time. I would 
> apprecate any suggestions.
> 
> After loading RedHat 8.0 on a Compaq 500mhz machine, I consistently get 
> the message that there is a problem with the Gnome Settings Daemon 
> loading too many times. I have searched for answers, but the few I 
> found, I was unsure how to implement.
> 
> Fixes?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ted Parks
> 
> 
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