Gutsy gone totally fubar


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So im using my ubuntu gutsy setup, reading some stuff in firefox... no big deal and all of a sudden, (i think) x-server just crashes. I can move my mouse but i cant do anything else, no Ctl/Alt/Backspace... nothing. So after leaving it for a few to see if it will click back on, i power off my laptop.

Now when i log in to ubuntu i get two dialog boxes that pop up. one says:

There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.

Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work correctly

The last error message was:

The name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files

GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in

and another that says:

Internal error

failed to initialize HAL!

i cant even save the output of dmesg because that would require being able to transfer to a usb drive, which i cant do, along with connecting to the internet and a bunch of my programs are missing from the start menu.

I really hope my setup isnt broken because i didnt do anything to break it :pinch:

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Strangely enough, I had the same error message a couple of days ago. I think I just restarted the PC and everything was fine. If not, try loading the Recovery Mode option in your Grub bootloader. It will start up, but leave you at a command prompt. Type startx (to start x, funnily enough), and with a bit of luck, all should be well. Anyway, I did a combination of these and it worked for me.

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If you go to the Ubuntu forum and search for:

error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

You will see you are not alone. Looks like a bug in Gnome. There looks to be several workarounds.

1. Use the 386 kernel instead of the generic kernel.

2. Make sure dbus-x11 is installed.

3. A possible workaround. I would save a copy of the original files before modiying them. The changes may have some side effects.

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Good luck! :)

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thank you for your help, i had come across some ubuntuforums links on the subject but not that one last night. I will look into all of this later on when i get home and update with some results.

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UPDATE: Tried all suggestions listed, no change in anything whatsoever... i hope i dont have to reinstall from scratch :(

Well, at least it won't take as long as Vista would to reinstall. :)

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Well, at least it won't take as long as Vista would to reinstall. :)

Vista took about 2-3 minutes longer to install on my primary machine than Ubuntu. Not a huge difference.

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Well, at least it won't take as long as Vista would to reinstall. :)

Your point is? If he was using Vista he probably wouldn't be needing to reinstall.

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UPDATE: Tried all suggestions listed, no change in anything whatsoever... i hope i dont have to reinstall from scratch :(

Well litespeed has a good idea to do a file system check.

I Googled your error and it appears to happen in every distribution known to man. :wacko: You would think someone would have a handle on the solution. I'm not sure what advice to give you. There does appear to be a common thread with Gnome sessions. Should you get Gnome to function again I would disable saving sessions from the Gnome Control Center.

That's got to be pretty frustrating. Good Luck!

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OK, here is another possible solution. In the directory:

/usr/share/dbus-1/services

There should be a file labelled:

org.gnomeSettingsDaemon.service

It maybe missing or corrupt. Here is the contents of mine:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon
Exec=/usr/lib/gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon

You will need to edit or create a new file as root.

Reference:

Link

About the seventh post down.

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thanks mr byte and litespeed, i will give those suggestions a go and see how it works.

Reinstalling gutsy doesnt take long but then id have to reinstall drivers/themes/wine stuff i use/extra programs.... i'd really rather not, i was happy with my setup so getting this fixed is optimal...

thanks again everyone for your help, i appreciate it, hopefully these new suggestions work.

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Vista took about 2-3 minutes longer to install on my primary machine than Ubuntu. Not a huge difference.

That is only part of the installation process. There also other things to install under Vista that you really don't have to with Ubuntu.

Your point is? If he was using Vista he probably wouldn't be needing to reinstall.

Fly away home, birdy....

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well i tried creating/replacing that file that mr byte suggested and it basically created an unrecoverable error in my filesystem so i ended up reinstalling... oh well....

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Sorry to hear that failed.

I know what you mean when you've spent a lot of time getting your system the way you like it. My solution is to image the drive every so often .

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