Bug#404876: no background screen activity in GDE or KDE @debian

[Rick Thomas]

On Jan 6, 2007, at 2:21 AM, pranay prateek wrote:

> hi
> I am using debian 2.6 kernel .
> When i log in , the screen which i am greeted with doesnt show any  
> activity in the background screen .i.e i dont get any  pop up when  
> i click mouse on my background , no icons in my desktop screen and  
> having a constant color .
> this problem pervades through all display manager and desktop  
> environments . i have tried (gdm,kdm)*(kde,xfce,gde) but all have  
> the same problem .
> when i login to gde it shows the following error message :
>
> "
> 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.
>
> The last error message was:
>
> System exception: IDL:Bonobo/GeneralError:1.0 : Child process did  
> not give an error message, unknown failure occurred
>
> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you  
> log in.
> "
>
> Can any body suggest how this error can be rectified ?
>
> Thanx.
>
> PS: please include my email id in CC of the reply as i have not  
> subscribed to debian-users list
>
>
>
> -- 
> Pranay Prateek
> 3rd Yr Electrical Engineering
> Room No 339 ,Jamuna
> IIT Madras


Pranay,

This sounds a lot like <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi? 
bug=404876>  What hardware are you using?  Is it a G3 based OldWorld  
PowerMac, by any chance?  If so, does the workaround in the bug  
report help?  If not on G3 PowerMac hardware, then it's even *more*  
interesting to know if the workaround helps!

Enjoy!

Rick