Ah... Yes... started about that time. :)

So using "exec dbus-launch gnome-session &" as my last line in my 
.vnc/xstartup file now works. :)

Thanks!

Gilles.

Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> On 19/04/07, Gilles Gravier <Gilles@gravier.org> wrote:
>> But this wasn't happening one week ago...
>
> I don't know; I thought you update Gnome to 2.18.1 (which is what I
> did and what the discussion was about).
>
>>
>> Gilles.
>>
>> Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
>> > On 19/04/07, Gilles Gravier <Gilles@gravier.org> wrote:
>> >> (RESEND IN TEXT ONLY - SORRY)
>> >>
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 
>> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
>>
>> >>
>> >> When I start GNOME, I get a pop-up that says :
>> >>
>> >> 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:
>> >
>> > This was discussed recently. In essence, you haveto start Gnome
>> > through dbus-launch.
>> >
>> > For some reason on my laptop gdm has problems with fonts - I am
>> > getting empty rectangles instead of glyphs, so I am starting Gnome
>> > from kdm. /usr/pkg/share/kde/apps/kdm/sessions/gnome.desktop had to be
>> > modified - the Exec line should read
>> >
>> > Exec=dbus-launch gnome-session
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Failed to connect to socket/tmp/dbus-awbOyL34MR:
>> >> Connection refused
>> >>
>> >> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log
>> >> in.
>> >> 
>> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> And, effectively, I get no theme...
>> >
>> > You can restart manually the settings daemon via
>> >
>> >         dbus-launch /usr/pkg/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
>> >
>> > and the theme will spring to life.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Any idea of what may be wrong?
>> >>
>> >> Gilles.
>> >>
>> >>
> Chavdar Ivanov
>>
>> -- 
> ..

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