Re: gnome-settings-daemon problem

[walt <wa1ter%myrealbox.com@localhost>]

David H. Gutteridge wrote:
> Dennis den Brok wrote:
> > Huub <huubvanniekerk%gmail.com@localhost> 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.
>
> I'm seeing this problem on a clean install of NetBSD 4.0_RC5/macppc.
> I searched through Google and see many Linux users complaining of this
> issue over the past three years, with various suggested remedies...

The problem is that the real error message is hidden from you. Try
this from a command prompt:
# /usr/pkg/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon

The usual error message I see is about a missing library file, in which
case the solution is to recompile the control-center package.