Comments on: Ubuntu: There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.

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By: whmitty

whmitty — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:49:10 +0000

I used the info from this site to fix this problem once and it recurred after a major update to Ubuntu 8.04.2 in July ’09. Not only that the the system took a performance hit all around! I had all the settings as shown here but still the problem persisted. In desperation I booted into ‘recovery mode’ and ran “gnome-config” at the command line in desperation. Ubuntu reported it was not installed. I installed it, rebooted and the gnome error message as described in these posts disappeared while the performance came back to normal. Thought I’d post in case anyone else has this issue.

By: alexey

alexey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:30:50 +0000

Thanks a lot!

By: ram anvesh

ram anvesh — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:03:22 +0000

hey.. problem solved.. i restarted nautilus..

By: ram anvesh

ram anvesh — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:59:46 +0000

hey,

thanx a lot.. problem solved.. but the desktop still doesn’t show any icons… any idea y?

By: Christian L.

Christian L. — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:45:45 +0000

Thank you…

Very helpfull with the diagnostics and it solved the issue…

By: Soren

Soren — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:12:43 +0000

This solution has proven very valuable to me, not only did it fix my problems with the GNOME settings deamon, it also fixed another annoying issue:

I have an HP Laserjet 1300n attached to my computer (by USB).

In recent months, when ever I print it takes for ever (several minutes) before the print actually starts – before then, Gnome has warned me, that the printer may not be connected.

This issue was also solved by the above hack.

Keywords: hp laserjet ubuntu not connected slow delayed print

By: The Gods Must be Crazy » blogZero

The Gods Must be Crazy » blogZero — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:33:38 +0000

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By: Douglas Clifton

Douglas Clifton — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:52:37 +0000

Thank you so much Arun. This very problem was driving me nuts. Of course it was my fault for messing around with /etc/network/interfaces and I inadvertently killed the loopback interface. Once I fixed it, viola! Gnome started right up. I may have to come all the way to India to buy you a drink.