On 19/04/07, Gilles Gravier <Gilles@gravier.org> wrote:
> (RESEND IN TEXT ONLY - SORRY)
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> Hi!
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> When I start GNOME, I get a pop-up that says :
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> There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
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> Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
> correctly.
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> 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

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> Failed to connect to socket/tmp/dbus-awbOyL34MR:
> Connection refused
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> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in.
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> 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.
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>
Chavdar Ivanov