gnome-settings-daemon problem

[Jay Cliburn]

On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 23:42 +0200, Lars G wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 22:47 +0200, Lars G wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 11:47 -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 06:01:39PM +0200, Lars G wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
> > > > Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
> > > > correctly.
> > > ....
> > > > ...
> > > > also  gnome-vfs seems to be broken, trashcan doesn't show deleted files
> > > > anymore.
> > > > anyone has the same issues, or is it "just me" ?
> > 
> > > Which kernel (and arch) you are running?  This may be related to
> > > just filed
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199014
> > > If dbus-daemon is dead you can expect all kind things failing
> > > on a desktop.
> > 
> > strange thing is that dbus-daemon is running and all the services are
> > looking ok.
> > this is with kernel 2.6.17-1.2293_FC6 recompiled from source for nvidia
> > driver compat on 386.
> > problems started with rawhide update from 7-14-06.
> > have filed it here
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199010
> 
> tried it now with the unmodified latest rawhide i686 kernel and nv
> graphics driver -> same problem.
> 
> in /etc/xses-* it reads:
> 
> ---snip---
> (nautilus:2228): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Failed to open session DBUS
> connection: Unable to determine the address of the message bus (try 'man
> dbus-launch' and 'man dbus-daemon' for help)
> ...
> 2228: arguments to dbus_connection_send_with_reply_and_block() were
> incorrect, assertion "connection != NULL" failed in file
> dbus-connection.c line 2778.
> This is normally a bug in some application using the D-BUS library
> ...
> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/vfs.py:4:
> DeprecationWarning: Module gnome.vfs is deprecated; please import
> gnomevfs instead
>   DeprecationWarning)
> ---snip---

I reported this yesterday in connection with a gdmsetup hang.  See
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-July/msg00325.html 

The hang is fixed now, but the dbus warning continues.

> also gdm still wants the user to choose the default session on each
> login.

I see this, too.  If you bz it, post the number and I'll add a me-too.

Jay