[KLUG Members] RH 8.0 and Gnome Daemon

[Adam Williams]

>I just upgraded my system from RH 7.3 running a full Evolution package.
>Here's an error I get each time:>
>I get a popup with this message:
>"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:
>Failed to activate 'OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon
>GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in."
>I am able to log in okay, but the desktop is blank (no background) and
>some apps are disabled.

Is the control-center RPM installed?  The installer seems to miss this
occasionally in the upgrade from GNOME 1.x to GNOME 2.x, and this
manifests itself just as you describe.

[awilliam@estate1 awilliam]$ rpm -q control-center
control-center-2.0.1-8

Installing the RPM and restarting GNOME should make this go away. 
Logout of X,  you don't have to kill X, just don't be running GNOME. 
rpm -Uvh {path here}/control-center.... then do a oaf-slay;bonobo-slay
and try logging into GNOME again.

>Anyone run into this. I've been looking online, but the only advice folks
>have given so far is "install KDE" or go back to 7.3...I'm too stubborn to
>go that route yet.

Ah yes, the constructive answer; don't you love those.  Example:  I'm
having a problem with sendmail not canonizing the host name, any tips?
Answer: Use postfix.  So helpful.