Bug#422315: Gnome settings daemon error

[Luis Matos]

Sáb, 2007-05-05 às 12:02 +1200, davidn at xnet.co.nz escreveu:
> Package: gnome-core
> 
> Version: 2.14.3.6
> 
> I get this error message every second time I start sartx.
> 
> [ERROR MESSAGE STARTS]
> 
> There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
> 
> Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not  
> work correctly.
> 
> The Settings Daemon restarted too many times.
> 
> The last error message was:
> 
> System exception: IDL:Bonobo/GeneralError:1.0 : Child process did not  
> give an error message, unknown failure occurred
> 
> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in.
> 
> [ERROR MESSAGE ENDS]

i found a similar bug when i log out nd then i try to login.

some processes are still running (as my user), including bonobo.

so, it gives an error.

killing those processes *before* logging in again makes the error go
away.
> 
> Things I have found out...
> 
> 1. If I create a new user they get the same error message.
> 
> 2. I can't find this error logged anywhere - it just pops up.
> 
> 3. Running fsck (as I read on a forum) does not help.
> 
> 4. Think it may be related to exiting gnome while an iceweasel was running.
> 
> 5. There's nothing related to this in .xsession-errors.
> 
> About my installation...
> 
> I installed the base/standard system from an Etch 4.0 CD (I checked  
> the MD5 sums after downloading). The only other package installing  
> commands I have run are "apt-get install xorg, apt-get install  
> iceweasel, apt-get install gnome-core". I am running fairly old  
> hardware - 500MHz CPU/192Mb RAM. The pagckages I installed after the  
> base/standard system were downloaded from an ftp mirror.
> 
> Thanks for doing this. Debian is great.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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