Huub <huubvanniekerk@gmail.com> schrieb:
> Huub wrote:
>> Running NetBSD 3.1/i386, for some reason I get the message 
>> "gnome-settings-daemon" when I start gnome or want to adjust settings. 
>> Also, some icons have disappeared. How can I solve this? What packages 
>> should I check with pkg_info (and how to compare installed vs. available)?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>
> Correction: message is "Unable to start the settings manager 
> 'gnome-settings-daemon".

Random guess: Make sure you have dbus, famd and rpcbind running.
Cf. /usr/pkg/share/examples/rc.d.

HTH,

-- Dennis den Brok