"error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon" at startup

Steven Garrity stevelist at silverorange.com
Sat Nov 27 04:37:15 UTC 2004


I'm running FC3 on my ThinkPad T30. I did a clean install, and I'm not
sure if it started right after the install, or later on, but now each
time I boot, after logging in, I get this error dialog:

> 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 execute /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon: 27
 > (File too large)
> 
> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next
 > time you log in.

Like the error suggests, I do have trouble changing themes and 
screensaver preferences. Ideas of what might be wrong and what I could 
do to fix it are appreciated.

Here's a screenshot of the error dialog: 
http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/gnome-settings-daemon-error.png

Thanks,
Steven Garrity




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