Bug#255518: followup

[Amelia A Lewis]

Okay.

I managed to make the problems go away, but am not sure how.

I logged out, and in console mode, removed the file .gtkrc and the
directory .gnome_private.  I also found and killed a bonobo-activation
process and a couple of daemons (chbg and esd, if it matters, which I
doubt) using ps ux.  Logged in, and there was no settings daemon error,
and I could load applets once again.

Followup: data loss.  Several applets lost their configuration data. 
lunarclock, weather report did.  Others didn't (flink retained its brains;
the workspace switcher still has named workspaces and the correct number).

Amy!
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Amelia A. Lewis
Senior Architect
TIBCO/Extensibility, Inc.
alewis@tibco.com