A few problems with X.org desktop

[Piotr Smyrak]

> 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.

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 Piotr Smyrak
 piotr.smyrak at heron.pl