On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:23:20 -0600, Michal Lijowski <michal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have upgraded from FC2 to FC3, but I have encountered problem > when logging as a user using Gnome. > When I login I get the message > > There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. > > Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work > correct > ly. > > The Settings Daemon restarted too many times. > > The last error message was: > > Child process did not give an error message, unknown failure occurred > > GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log > in. > > The Main Menu does not work. When I left click it the whole panel blinks > and there is no menu. So, in order to logoff I had to do reboot. > I have followed http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003- > November/msg01805.html, but this did not work when I logon again. > > If I logon as root, Gnome starts without problems. > > One more thing, when I invoke gedit as user I get the message > > gedit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0: undefined > symbol: xmlNewTextReaderFilename and gedit won't open. > When I am logon as root, gedit start with no problem. > > I can start KDE desktop as the user without any error messages. I have also have this problem on my last upgrade but finally fixed after fresh install... In last, I also can't run the progams such as setting program from the gnome panel even a root account was used.