A few problems with X.org desktop

[Piotr Smyrak]

> On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Piotr Smyrak wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > I just switched from XFree86 to the X.org system, and now after 
> > logging
> > > into GNOME, I'm getting an error dialog saying:
> > > 
> > > There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
> > > 
> > > Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may 
not
> > > work correctly.
> > > 
> > > The Settings Daemon restarted too many times.
> > 
> > Have you tried to start the daemon from a terminal? I have seen this 
> > symptoms in ports-build XFree86 as well once in a while after 2.6 
> > upgrade. If you haven't tried, you should that might give you some 
> > debugging messages.
> 
> Well, I've made considerable progress since.  I've rebuilt *all* of 
the base 
> GNOME ports, and can now login to a session.  However, for some 
reason, I 
> can't get the icons back that I had before.  My default desktop icons 
> (Computer, Trash, etc.) all appear as the simple "page" type of icon, 
and 
> the same in a nautilus window.
> 
> Anyone know how to fix this?

Do you have the gnome-theme\* ports installed?

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 Piotr Smyrak
 piotr.smyrak at heron.pl