Greetings, I cleared the tmp directory to no avail. The hostname is set properly. The machine has been running fine for several weeks. I don't know why this happened. Additional help would be greatly appreciated. >hi, >i had a similar error, trying cleaning out your /tmp >( read some doc on >the internet about it before u do). >have you setup your hostname properly? On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 03:01, Niall McLoughlin wrote: > After logging in (using GNOME), I receive the > following message in a popup... > > "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: > > Failed to activate 'OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon > > GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon > next time you log in." > > I can log in okay, however, several applications and > preferences are unavailable. I'm stumped as to how to > fix this one. Anyone else experience a similar problem? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list