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
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