Borked Fresh Install (openSUSE 11.1 x86_64 GNOME)

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Just like the title says.

I installed a YMP from the opensuse-community.org site to get MPlayer and WMV Video files to play correctly in Firefox.

Well, I got that working, and presumably, in the process, messed up the gconf settings daemon from ever running again.

Now when I try to run ‘gnome-appearance-properties’, I get the following error message:

Unable to start the settings manager ‘gnome-settings-daemon’.
Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.

Here’s my current process output:

ps aux | grep -i kd

root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 17:17 0:00 [kblockd/0]
root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 17:17 0:00 [kblockd/1]

ps aux | grep -i gn

root 2543 0.0 0.0 46212 2820 ? S 17:18 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1
matt 2968 0.0 0.1 219104 9900 ? Ssl 17:18 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session
matt 3597 0.0 0.0 22024 760 ? S 17:18 0:00 dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session
matt 3608 0.0 0.0 107660 4128 ? S 17:18 0:00 /usr/lib64/gnome-session/helpers/gnome-keyring-daemon-wrapper
matt 3613 0.0 0.1 356000 15356 ? Ssl 17:18 0:01 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
matt 3614 0.0 0.0 66576 2316 ? SL 17:18 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
matt 3619 0.3 0.2 395480 21436 ? S 17:18 0:20 gnome-panel
matt 3769 0.0 0.2 344108 20276 ? S 17:18 0:01 /usr/lib/gnome-main-menu/main-menu --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MainMenu_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=21
matt 3772 0.0 0.2 327032 17312 ? Sl 17:18 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/mixer_applet2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=33
matt 3785 0.0 0.0 212808 4952 ? Ss 17:18 0:06 gnome-screensaver
matt 3912 0.0 0.1 226512 10432 ? Ss 17:18 0:00 gnome-power-manager
matt 4021 0.0 0.1 304212 9484 ? Sl 17:19 0:00 /usr/lib64/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server-2.24 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.2 --oaf-ior-fd=29
matt 4063 0.0 0.1 295604 14740 ? Sl 17:21 0:00 gnomesu – /sbin/yast2
root 4064 0.0 0.0 55724 1640 ? S 17:21 0:00 /usr/lib/libgnomesu/gnomesu-pam-backend 17 16 root /sbin/yast2
root 4090 0.0 0.2 296296 19796 ? S 17:21 0:03 /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2controlcenter-gnome -S
root 5823 0.0 0.1 216836 9796 ? Sl 18:32 0:00 gnomesu – /sbin/yast2 sw_single
root 5825 0.0 0.0 53588 1476 ? S 18:32 0:00 /usr/lib/libgnomesu/gnomesu-pam-backend 17 16 root /sbin/yast2 sw_single
root 6100 0.0 0.0 5284 828 pts/0 R+ 19:07 0:00 grep -i gn

Any ideas?

And if these codecs are so wrong and/or unsupported, then where can I purchase a legal copy to install on my openSUSE?

Thanks in advanced.

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Short version: I’m an openSUSE newbie.

Long version:

I ended up reading through the YMP file to figure out what all software I needed to remove, downgrade, or reinstall.

At this point, I still couldn’t run ‘gnome-appearance-settings’ from my user account, but it worked under root. So I tried removing all directories under my home dir that was dot-prefixed, and still, I couldn’t run it.

Then, it dawned on me… there must be a control panel item to access it properly. There it was: Computer > Control Center > Look and Feel > Appearance.

Boy do I feel stupid. :shame: It sure was irritating though.

Anyways, I read up some more on Fluendo, and I think I’ll be purchasing their codec pack in just a minute.

Also, FWIW, does anyone know if PowerDVD or similar application will be available to openSUSE soon?

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On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:56:01 GMT, mattx86
<mattx86@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>Short version: I’m an openSUSE newbie.
>
>Long version:
>
>I ended up reading through the YMP file to figure out what all software
>I needed to remove, downgrade, or reinstall.
>
>At this point, I still couldn’t run ‘gnome-appearance-settings’ from my
>user account, but it worked under root. So I tried removing all
>directories under my home dir that was dot-prefixed, and still, I
>couldn’t run it.
>
>Then, it dawned on me… there must be a control panel item to access it
>properly. There it was: Computer > Control Center > Look and Feel >
>Appearance.
>
>Boy do I feel stupid. :shame: It sure was irritating though.
>
>Anyways, I read up some more on Fluendo, and I think I’ll be purchasing
>their codec pack in just a minute.
>
>Also, FWIW, does anyone know if PowerDVD or similar application will be
>available to openSUSE soon?

Gee, does none of Amarok, Xine, SMplayer, V4L, Videolan or the others
suit your pleasure?