Bug#539359: gnome-settings-daemon: "Error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon" message on login

[Pedro Ribeiro]

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.24.1-3
Severity: normal

After a big system update about 2 days ago, I get a window with the following message when I login to GNOME:

"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 did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in."

Everything loads correctly though, and gnome-settings-daemon is running...


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.6-rt23 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.26.2-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.80-4     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd0                       0.2.41-5   Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.2-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.20.1-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.26.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                   2.26.0-1   The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomekbd3                  2.26.0-1   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.23-3  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.23-2  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.1-2   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.1-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.1.4-1  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier12                 3.9-1      X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxxf86misc1                 1:1.0.1-3  X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver             2.26.1-1   GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]   1:2.26.0-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  openbox [x-window-manager]    3.4.7.2-4  standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  twm [x-window-manager]        1:1.0.4-2  Tab window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils             7.4+2      X server utilities

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