So how do we figure out why it isn't running? On Jan 5, 2012 5:55 PM, "James Tait" <james.t...@wyrddreams.org> wrote:
> On 05/01/12 15:06, scoundrel50a wrote: > >> Wow, that helped sort of. It is something to do with >> gnome-settings-daemon. If I enter that into a terminal, funny thing >> happens in the left panel and the top panel, and the Drop down menu >> appears. If I close the terminal, it goes away again........ >> > > Yes - this is because when you close the terminal, you also terminate and > subprocesses launched from it, in this case gnome-settings-daemon. You can > append a '&' (i.e. gnome-settings-daemon&) to background the process and > then it should continue running after the terminal window is closed. > Alternatively, you can keep the terminal open, which might help you to > track down whatever it is that's causing gnome-settings-daemon to crash, or > see below.... > > does that mean the gnome-settings-daemon >> is not running, >> > > Yes. :) > > and should it be running all the time, >> > > Yes. :) > > and also, how can >> I get the Icon to remain, without having to keep the terminal open...... >> > > You can run it from the "Run a command" prompt via alt-F2, but the > important point here is that you shouldn't need to - it should already be > running. Something is causing it to crash, and it would be nice if we > could figure out what. > > JT > -- > ------------------------------**---------+--------------------** > ------------ > James Tait, BSc | xmpp:jayte...@wyrddreams.org > Programmer and Free Software advocate | Tel: +44 (0)870 490 2407 > ------------------------------**---------+--------------------** > ------------ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> >
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