But this wasn't happening one week ago...

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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