Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:16:49 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Andrew Thomson <andrewjt@applecomm.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome settings daemon failing to start Message-ID: <opr6dymbir8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1081842754.94842.6.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> References: <1081842754.94842.6.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:52:35 +1000, Andrew Thomson <andrewjt@applecomm.net> wrote: > Hi, > > After my upgrade to 2.6, everything went smoothly except for when I > startup, I get a little dialogue complaining that the "gnome settings > daemon" could not be started and thefore I get dodgy icons on the > desktop. > > I have created a new user and tried starting gnome and it all comes up > perfectly. So I assume I have something funny lying around in one of the > gnome . directories. > > I have tried removing some obvious ones but no luck yet... Here's more that what I know GNOME will create: .Trash > .esd_auth > .gconf > .gconfd > .gnome > .gnome2 > .gnome2_private > .metacity .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 > .nautilus .recently-used .themes .thumbnails .xftcache .xscreensaver Desktop /var/tmp/gconfd-<user> /var/tmp/mapping-<user> /var/tmp/orbit-<user> Cheers, Mezz > Any clues on what's causing this problem? > > Thanks, > > ajt. -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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