I got the same error. The exact message I got reads:
There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
correctly.
The last error message was:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application
di
Thank you for the comments on that. Closing the bug since it's fixed
now, marking as Rejected since it was not a bug of that package
** Changed in: control-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
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gnome-settings-daemon unable to
Finally I find the cause and the solution
Cause: This error hapens when you boot with the old kernel version
(Ubuntu 5.10). The Dapper upgrade process does not do the right update
in the grub configuration file.
Solution: Fix by hand your grub configuration file to be sure to boot
using the right
same error here. Have tried re-installing gnome, gconf, metacity.
Same error with a fresh user.
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gnome-settings-daemon unable to start on login gnome session
https://launchpad.net/bugs/49939
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