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derelic

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Registered: 2008-05-31

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Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

After a full system upgrade of about 500mb, I now get this error when Gnome is started. Also, im kinda new to this...

"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:

The name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files

GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in."

The things is, my background and other desktop stuff is still in their place. But my keyboard has gone back to its default setting and the drivers for my wireless isnt getting loaded. I also have problems playing music with Amarok.

After the full upgrade of my system I installed compiz-fusion and AWM, but they arent started when i boot. Could they be a problem?

I looked at some issues with similar error messages, where they downgraded the gnome-settings-tools, how do I do that?

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

hi,derelic
please paste here what packages have been updated in that upgrade
the log is in:

/var/log/pacman.log

derelic

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

Hi there!

I copied the from where pacman generates the fallback version before starting to upgrade.

//
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Begin build
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [usbinput]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Generating module dependencies
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2008-05-30 18:44] ==> SUCCESS
[2008-05-30 18:44] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2008-05-30 18:44] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.25-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Begin build
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [usbinput]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Generating module dependencies
[2008-05-30 18:44] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2008-05-30 18:44] ==> SUCCESS
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.24.1-2 -> 2.6.25.4-1)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded ipw3945 (1.2.2-7 -> 1.2.2-10)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded libdvdnav (0.1.10-2 -> 0.1.10-3)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded libebml (0.7.7-1 -> 0.7.8-1)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded libgail-gnome (1.20.0-1 -> 1.20.0-2)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded libnetworkmanager (0.6.5-1 -> 0.6.6-1)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded libnl (1.0pre6-1 -> 1.1-1)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded libsamplerate (0.1.2-4 -> 0.1.3-1)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded licenses (2.3-1 -> 2.4-1)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.33-1 -> 2.02.36-1)
[2008-05-30 18:44] upgraded man-pages (2.77-1 -> 2.79-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] Updating font cache... done.
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded ttf-dejavu (2.23-1 -> 2.25-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded mplayer (1.0rc2-2.1 -> 1.0rc2-3)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded nautilus-cd-burner (2.20.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded networkmanager (0.6.5-3 -> 0.6.6-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded nvidia (169.09-2 -> 169.12-4)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded opera (9.25-2 -> 9.27-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded orca (2.20.3-1 -> 2.22.0-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded pcmciautils (014-3 -> 014-4)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded perlxml (2.34-4 -> 2.36-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded perl-xml-simple (2.18-1 -> 2.18-2)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded printproto (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded pycairo (1.4.0-3 -> 1.4.12-1)
[2008-05-30 18:45] upgraded qt (4.3.3-4 -> 4.3.4-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded seahorse (2.20.3-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded sound-juicer (2.20.1-1 -> 2.22.0-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded tar (1.19-2 -> 1.20-2)
[2008-05-30 18:46] installed ndesk-dbus (0.6.0-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] installed ndesk-dbus-glib (0.4.1-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] installed mono-addins (0.3.1-2)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded tomboy (0.8.1-1 -> 0.10.1-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded totem-plparser (2.21.91-1 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] installed libepc (0.3.5-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] installed python-elementtree (1.2.6-2)
[2008-05-30 18:46] installed python-gdata (1.0.11.1-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46]
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==> Totem has been built with GStreamer. By default, only plugins from
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==> gst-plugins-good and gst-plugins-base are installed.
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==>
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==> To play additional media formats, more plugins are available from
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==> gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins, gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==> and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg packages.
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==>
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==> There's also a xine build of Totem available, install totem-xine instead
[2008-05-30 18:46] ==> of this package if you want xine to play your media files.
[2008-05-30 18:46]
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded totem (2.20.1-3 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded totem-plugin (2.20.1-3 -> 2.22.0-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] Remove vi related symlinks ...
[2008-05-30 18:46] Create vi related symlinks...
[2008-05-30 18:46] Updating vi help tags...done.
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded vi (7.1.228-1 -> 7.1.267-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded vino (2.20.1-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded vlc (0.8.6d-2 -> 0.8.6f-3)
[2008-05-30 18:46] upgraded wget (1.11-1 -> 1.11.2-1)
[2008-05-30 18:47] upgraded xfsprogs (2.9.4-2 -> 2.9.7-1)
[2008-05-30 18:47] upgraded xorg-apps (1.0.3-2 -> 1.0.3-3)
[2008-05-30 18:47] upgraded xproto (7.0.11-1 -> 7.0.12-1)
[2008-05-30 18:47] upgraded xtrans (1.0.4-1 -> 1.2-1)
[2008-05-30 18:47] upgraded zenity (2.20.1-1 -> 2.22.1-1)

//

Last edited by derelic (2008-05-31 16:17:58)

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

uhm.. since you upgrade from gnome 2.20 to gnome 2.22 this may have broken something...
I've two ides:
1) try to see if it's a "configuration files error" creating a new user (I know I suggest this too often..)
2) I found this:
http://www.archlinux.it/forum/viewtopic.php?id=202 (I know it's in italian and I'm sorry)
he practically says that everything solved installed control-center...
giving this a try doesn't cost nothing..

I hope this helps... bye

derelic

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

I got the same error when I logged in with the new user..

And gnome control center was already installed, so I reinstalled it, but that didnt seem to do anything either. Using gnome-control-center-2.22.1-1

Got my wireless working though, seems like there were two drivers installed because one was implemented in the new kernel.

I'm kinda lost here so more suggestions are more than welcome

Could there be any difficulties because I installed compiz-fusion? I toyed a little with it but set the window manager back to metacity afterwards..Compiz won't start from the applications menu either, I have to run fusion-icon from a terminal window to get it started..

Last edited by derelic (2008-05-31 20:21:23)

_Marco_

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

no, simply because it's installed (and not started) shouldn't give you any problem..
can you look how many .pacnew files are present in your system and if some of them is "gnome related" ?

locate .pacnew

and look at the files searched in the error string

locate .service

I don't have gnome installed anymore but it is possible that these information may help us (or someone else ) to find the problem..
bye

derelic

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

Ok, and thanks for all the help so far

 locate .pacnew
/etc/fstab.pacnew
/etc/group.pacnew
/etc/ld.so.conf.pacnew
/etc/logrotate.conf.pacnew
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.pacnew
/etc/nanorc.pacnew
/etc/profile.pacnew
/etc/rc.conf.pacnew

  locate .service
/etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service
/etc/avahi/services/ssh.service
/home/xxxx/Desktop/Downloads/wpa_supplicant-0.5.10/dbus-wpa_supplicant.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/dhcdbd.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/gnome-keyring.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/gnome-power-manager.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/gnome-vfs-daemon.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/gvfs-daemon.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Epiphany.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Tomboy.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.seahorse.service
/usr/share/man/man5/avahi.service.5.gz

Hm, none located in .pacnew seem to be related to Gnome. But there's a few in .service. I don't really know what this means so...:D

Fixed everything else now, so it seems like the only thing this error is affecting is that i can't change the keyboard language. I can access System -> Appearance and change the theme, and System-> Keyboard, but I get this error:

 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.

Thanks again!

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

well, it's not related with your issue but you can change the keyboard layout from xorg...
this is my keyboard section:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "it"
EndSection

modifing the XkbLayout (and probably resetting the gnome-keyboard setting too, I don't have absolutely an idea of where it stores that in

I looked a little for your help and I found:
http://www.nabble.com/GNOME-2.22-has-be … 45739.html

Do you have sysutils/gnome-settings-daemon installed? If you do, then do  
you have /usr/local/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.service  
? If yes, then do your org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.service looks like this  
below?

=============================
[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon
Exec=/usr/local/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
=============================

If you don't have sysutils/gnome-settings-daemon installed, then install  
it by manual. The Mk/bsd.gnome.mk was broke by remove two lines by  
accident and marcus has committed a fix recently.

Cheers,
Mezz

you need that .service file..
try removing and reinstalling the gnome-setting-daemon if it reinstall it... (this is very windows like )
or try to modify as written on that list...
tell us if it worked and good luck

derelic

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

By some coincidence I noticed that there was a new enty in the Applications menu called "Other". Here a list of about, 50 someting programs were. And i found a two keyboard config programs. The funny thing is that most of the programs are of some KDE Control-Module. When I changed the keyboard layout there, It worked. So im guessing that is the problem. I don't know how these programs got there, but it has to be from the upgrade..

_Marco_

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Re: Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

this is strange.. there are no KDE programs in the pacman log you posted... (look at the log file for previous updates/install for more infos.. try to search one of that apps)
imho the problem is that missed file.. have you read that thread quote ?