Re: Problems running Gnome

[Riccardo Gusso <grick@tiscalinet.it>]

On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 04:38, Chris Hoover wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I am having some problems running Gnome.  I have just built my new Dell 
> Inspiron 8200 laptop with Debian 3.0 and used the unstable tree for the 
> install of packages.  I know that the unstable tree is a moving target, 
> but it has several things that I wanted (such as gnome 2).
> 
> Well, when I try to launch gnome using gdm, I get the following error in 
> a popup window:
> 
> -----------------------
> There was an error starting the GNOME Setting 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.
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> When I click ok, I only get the desktop icons.  I do not get the panel 
> or anything else.  I am able to left and middle click on the background 
> to get the two associated menus.
> 
> Does anyone know what is going on and what I need to do to fix it and 
> get a working version of gnome2?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Chris
> 

I solved the problem related to the message error above installing
gnome-control-center package, but I still don't have the panel. I have
looked in the wen and asked in several mailing lists, but at the moment
I haven't found a solution yet.
Bye,
     Riccardo