[KLUG Members] RH 8.0 and Gnome Daemon

[Doc Rea]

Thanks. It was the control center giving me problems. Everything is up and
running now.

Bluecurve is a bit unsettling. It truly is an XP/Mac teletubish theme of
sorts. Underneath things feel pretty solid...and when I get scared I just
run back to the terminal ;}



On 4 Jan 2003, Adam Williams wrote:

> >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.
>
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