Date: 24 Apr 2003 18:09:37 +1200 From: Andrew Thompson <andy@fud.org.nz> To: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome 2.3 upgrade Message-ID: <1051164577.5973.21.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1051162546.47874.49.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <03Apr24.155123nzst.119041@homer.fire.org.nz> <1051162546.47874.49.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 17:35, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 23:51, Andrew Thompson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > I have upgraded to Gnome 2.3 using marcusmerge and I am getting the > > following error while loggin in. Everything seems to be working fine > > anyway (well, except evolution 1.3.2 is spinning 100% cpu on the splash > > screen). > > > > > > "There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. > > Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not > > work correctly. > > The Settings Daemon restarted too many times. > > The last error message was: > > Failed to read from child process: Operation not supported by device > > GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log > > in." > > How are you starting GNOME (gdm, startx, etc.)? startx with gnome-session in my .xinitrc I have also created a new user with an empty home dir for testing. > Do you have any errors in ~/.xsession-errors or on the console? Only this on the console: "** (gnome-panel:694): WARNING **: Unable to load panel stock icon 'go'" > Did you have GNOME 2.2 working previously? Yep, worked fine. > Have you tried moving ~/.gnome2/session out of the way, then starting GNOME? As above, I created a new user with an empty homedir, same error message. Andy
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