I did what Mostafa suggested by rm -rf .gc* and rm -rf .gn*. But it did not work. After logging in to this account which had problems I got the same message. Did I remove everything? I created a new user and I don't have any problems while logging and afterwards. Here is a list of gnome related directories in user directory which has problems after I removed .gc* and .gn* directories and started gdm. [root@ml-cvu michall]# ll ~michal/.gn* /home/michal/.gnome: total 8 drwxrwxr-x 2 michal michal 4096 Nov 17 14:32 gnome-vfs drwx------ 2 michal michal 4096 Nov 17 14:32 mime-info /home/michal/.gnome2: total 12 drwx------ 2 michal michal 4096 Nov 17 14:32 accels drwx------ 2 michal michal 4096 Nov 17 14:32 keyrings drwxr-xr-x 4 michal michal 4096 Nov 17 14:32 share /home/michal/.gnome2_private: total 0 [root@ml-cvu michall]# ll ~michal/.gc* total 40 -rwx------ 1 michal michal 40694 Nov 17 14:34 saved_state And here is a list of gnome related directories in new user directory [michall@ml-cvu ~]$ ll .gc* .gconf: total 8 drwx------ 6 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 14:37 apps drwx------ 3 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 desktop .gconfd: total 48 -rwx------ 1 michall michall 48908 Nov 17 14:50 saved_state [root@ml-cvu michall]# ll .gn* .gnome: total 8 drwxrwxr-x 2 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 gnome-vfs drwx------ 2 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 mime-info .gnome2: total 24 drwx------ 2 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 accels -rw-rw-r-- 1 michall michall 39 Nov 17 14:49 gedit-2 drwx------ 2 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 keyrings drwxrwxr-- 2 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 nautilus-scripts drwx------ 3 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 panel2.d drwxr-xr-x 4 michall michall 4096 Nov 17 13:22 share .gnome2_private: total 0 So, there is a discrepancy between these two lists. One solution which is not very elegant is to back up files of the user with problems, remove this user, and create this user again. Any better solutions are appreciated. Michal > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > michal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > | I think we have problem with corrupted .gconf file. > | I don't have any clue how to fix it. > | > | Any suggestions are appreciate. > | > | Michal > | > | > |>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. > |> > |>-- > |>fedora-list mailing list > |>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > |>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > |> > | > | > Anytime I run into such problems I just remove all GNOME related "." > files/folders, restart GDM and login again .. GNOME reverts to default > settings but it really isn't that big a deal to recustomize .. ;) > > Best, > - -M > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBm5VJ14B2Pwzes+4RAtjNAJ0dcHeUHLoJvOwKvX6LZtdrM/f7FgCgu2zY > wkbbz9cK3YQartp2fAp4Ym0= > =206+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
