Problem with gnome 2.6.2 update in fc2

[Andrew Konosky]

Mike Fedyk wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I have two systems that have a messed up gnome desktop after running 
> an update and logging out and back in.
>
> These[1] packages have been upgraded, and after that, the apps button 
> lost the red hat icon, I lost my desktop switcher, time/calendar, and 
> task switcher.  I also get an error on login saying something about a 
> gnome settings daemon couldn't start.
>
> Has anyone else seen this?  I'm seeing it on two machines, one at home 
> one at work so they're not communicating with the same servers, except 
> for maybe the same mirrors...
>
> [1]
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:21 initscripts-7.55.1
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:21 ORBit2-2.10.0
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:22 GConf2-2.6.0
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:22 libpng-1.2.5
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:23 xorg-x11-6.7.0
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:24 aalib-1.4.0
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:24 fam-2.6.10
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:25 libbonobo-2.6.2
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:25 gaim-0.81
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:25 gimp-2.0.4
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:26 gstreamer-0.8.3
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:26 gstreamer-plugins-0.8.2
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:26 gnome-applets-2.6.2.1
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:27 k3b-0.11.12
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:28 libdvdcss-1.2.8
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:28 libdvdread-0.9.4
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:28 libpng10-1.0.15
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:28 libmad-0.15.1b
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:28 mplayer-1.0
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:28 libwnck-2.6.0.1
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:28 synaptic-0.51
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:29 ethereal-0.10.5
> drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:29 ppp-2.4.2
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4.0K Aug  9 18:29 sox-12.17.4
>
>
I had the same problem after doing a fresh install of FC2 a few weeks 
ago. When I logged in as root, the gnome-settings-daemon would crash, 
but logging in as a user worked fine. I just uninstalled it and then 
downloaded and installed an rpm version and now its fixed.