Gnome settings daemon fails to start once in a while

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Nov 26 17:01:10 UTC 2007


On 11/23/2007 04:47 AM, Jorge Tomé Hernando wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> 2007/11/22, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org>:
>>
>> Gutsy 7.10 i386 on ThinkPad T60
>>
>> Some times when I log in to Gnome, the fonts used for the desktop are
>> wrong (too big) and a lot of settings are wrong too. There's a pop-up
>> window saying that the Gnome settings daemon failed to start. See
>> attached image.
>>
>> It 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:
>> Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-IKulmccHNE: Connection refused
>> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in.
>> ####################################
>>
>> I would say it fails once every 5 logins or so.
> 
> 
> 
> I have (or had , perhaps) exactly  the same problem. My configuration is
> Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 i386 over a Dell Latitude D520 laptop.
> 
> I have to say that i have not seen this problem since more than one week.
> Perhaps some of the latests updates have solved it.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> 

Add to the bug report as Florin did:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/146946

Also see the initial bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/138277





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