I’m currently running openSuse 11.1
After installing some software and rebooted my system, I noticed that my desktop settings have changed. When I tried to change it back using Control Center>Appearance, I got the following 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.
$ uname -a
Linux myhost 2.6.27.25-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2009-07-01 15:37:09 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
ps -ely
S UID PID PPID C PRI NI RSS SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD
S 0 1 0 0 80 0 360 252 - ? 00:00:01 init
S 0 2 0 0 75 -5 0 0 kthrea ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
S 0 3 2 0 -40 - 0 0 migrat ? 00:00:00 migration/0
S 0 4 2 0 75 -5 0 0 ksofti ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
S 0 5 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 events/0
S 0 6 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 khelper
S 0 7 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/0
S 0 8 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
S 0 9 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kacpid
S 0 10 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
S 0 11 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 cqueue
S 0 12 2 0 75 -5 0 0 serio_ ? 00:00:00 kseriod
S 0 13 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kondemand/0
S 0 14 2 0 80 0 0 0 pdflus ? 00:00:00 pdflush
S 0 15 2 0 80 0 0 0 pdflus ? 00:00:00 pdflush
S 0 16 2 0 75 -5 0 0 kswapd ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
S 0 17 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 aio/0
S 0 18 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
S 0 54 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 ata/0
S 0 55 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
S 0 57 2 0 75 -5 0 0 scsi_e ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
S 0 58 2 0 75 -5 0 0 scsi_e ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
S 0 75 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kstriped
S 0 82 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 ksnapd
S 0 195 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
S 0 196 2 0 75 -5 0 0 hub_th ? 00:00:00 khubd
S 0 551 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kdmflush
S 0 559 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kdmflush
S 0 567 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 kdmflush
S 0 601 2 0 75 -5 0 0 kjourn ? 00:00:00 kjournald
S 0 680 1 0 76 -4 1208 699 - ? 00:00:00 udevd
S 0 1390 2 0 75 -5 0 0 pccard ? 00:00:00 pccardd
S 0 1406 2 0 75 -5 0 0 pccard ? 00:00:00 pccardd
S 0 1474 2 0 75 -5 0 0 kaudit ? 00:00:00 kauditd
S 0 1557 2 0 75 -5 0 0 kjourn ? 00:00:00 kjournald
S 0 1558 2 0 75 -5 0 0 kjourn ? 00:00:00 kjournald
S 0 1566 1 0 80 0 944 964 fuse_d ? 00:00:00 mount.ntfs-3g
S 0 1979 1 0 80 0 796 649 321352 ? 00:00:00 syslog-ng
S 0 1982 1 0 80 0 544 478 syslog ? 00:00:00 klogd
S 102 1997 1 0 80 0 1336 766 - ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
S 0 2009 1 0 80 0 576 444 399872 ? 00:00:00 acpid
S 106 2066 1 0 80 0 4672 1778 - ? 00:00:01 hald
S 0 2069 1 0 80 0 2588 4172 64 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
S 0 2132 2066 0 80 0 1144 882 398057 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
S 0 2170 2132 0 80 0 1092 912 397684 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
S 0 2210 2132 0 80 0 1060 911 - ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-gene
S 0 2213 2132 0 80 0 1064 911 - ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-gene
S 0 2231 2132 0 80 0 1096 913 323805 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
S 0 2236 2132 0 80 0 1100 913 - ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
S 0 2237 2132 0 80 0 1076 916 399015 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-cpuf
S 106 2238 2132 0 80 0 1076 844 - ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
S 0 2246 2132 0 80 0 984 786 399860 ? 00:00:07 hald-addon-acpi
S 0 2350 1 0 80 0 2388 1665 - ? 00:00:00 gdm
S 0 2352 2350 0 80 0 2840 1794 socket ? 00:00:00 gdm-simple-slav
S 0 2359 1 0 80 0 428 444 - ? 00:00:00 startpar
R 0 2360 2352 3 80 0 22096 7713 - tty7 00:00:55 X
S 0 2397 1 0 80 0 628 579 udpv6_ ? 00:00:00 rpcbind
S 0 2740 1 0 76 -4 788 2677 - ? 00:00:00 auditd
S 0 2752 2740 0 72 -8 692 2536 futex_ ? 00:00:00 audispd
S 109 2768 1 0 80 0 760 894 - ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
S 103 2774 1 0 80 0 1588 772 - ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
S 0 2943 1 0 80 0 2644 1850 - ? 00:00:00 cupsd
S 0 3087 1 0 80 0 1152 35453 - ? 00:00:00 nscd
S 0 3092 1 0 80 0 2600 3779 - ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
S 0 3103 1 0 80 0 1780 967 - ? 00:00:00 modem-manager
S 0 3105 1 0 80 0 1140 1056 - ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
S 0 3107 1 0 80 0 3028 1821 - ? 00:00:00 nm-system-setti
S 0 3127 3092 0 80 0 896 612 - ? 00:00:00 dhclient
S 0 3160 1 0 80 0 1788 1761 - ? 00:00:00 master
S 0 3172 2352 0 80 0 2532 1609 383863 ? 00:00:00 gdm-session-wor
S 51 3186 3160 0 80 0 1696 1711 - ? 00:00:00 pickup
S 51 3187 3160 0 80 0 1732 1722 - ? 00:00:00 qmgr
S 0 3188 1 0 80 0 592 580 - ? 00:00:00 cron
S 0 3221 1 0 80 0 708 886 - ? 00:00:00 smartd
S 0 3378 1 0 80 0 860 1396 - ? 00:00:00 smpppd
S 0 3393 1 0 80 0 1036 1643 - ? 00:00:00 sshd
S 0 3664 1 0 80 0 864 783 - ? 00:00:00 xinetd
S 1000 3942 1 0 80 0 2112 5533 399818 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
S 1000 3956 3172 0 80 0 8496 9350 - ? 00:00:00 gnome-session
S 0 4107 1 0 80 0 664 567 - tty1 00:00:00 mingetty
S 0 4109 1 0 80 0 660 567 - tty2 00:00:00 mingetty
S 0 4113 1 0 80 0 636 567 - tty3 00:00:00 mingetty
S 0 4114 1 0 80 0 640 567 - tty4 00:00:00 mingetty
S 0 4115 1 0 80 0 640 567 - tty5 00:00:00 mingetty
S 0 4118 1 0 80 0 640 567 - tty6 00:00:00 mingetty
S 1000 4180 3956 0 80 0 476 1004 - ? 00:00:00 gpg-agent
S 1000 4190 1 0 80 0 728 890 - ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
S 1000 4191 1 0 80 0 1328 825 - ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
S 1000 4194 1 0 80 0 14160 4401 - ? 00:00:03 gconfd-2
S 1000 4197 3956 0 80 0 3572 3831 401969 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
S 1000 4201 3956 0 80 0 12244 24924 sync_r ? 00:00:06 metacity
S 1000 4206 3956 0 80 0 25708 62803 securi ? 00:00:12 gnome-panel
S 1000 4208 1 0 80 0 2136 1516 - ? 00:00:00 gvfsd
S 1000 4214 1 0 80 0 2072 7365 futex_ ? 00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
S 1000 4221 3956 0 80 0 29860 69172 autore ? 00:00:11 nautilus
S 1000 4223 1 0 80 0 3452 10283 - ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
S 1000 4229 1 0 80 0 7084 31665 379257 ? 00:00:01 pulseaudio
S 1000 4253 4229 0 80 0 2492 2045 write_ ? 00:00:00 gconf-helper
S 1000 4272 3956 0 80 0 10872 10365 1 ? 00:00:00 gpk-update-icon
S 1000 4273 3956 0 80 0 6928 5117 - ? 00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
S 1000 4278 3956 0 80 0 9540 7378 379402 ? 00:00:04 vino-server
S 1000 4286 3956 0 80 0 13832 31255 1 ? 00:00:00 padevchooser
S 0 4300 1 0 80 0 1604 908 379572 ? 00:00:00 bluetoothd
S 1000 4305 3956 0 80 0 13696 45960 2 ? 00:00:01 nm-applet
S 0 4306 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 btaddconn
S 0 4307 2 0 75 -5 0 0 worker ? 00:00:00 btdelconn
S 1000 4317 3956 0 80 0 14720 8173 64 ? 00:00:00 python
S 0 4323 2 0 70 -10 0 0 rfcomm ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
S 1000 4347 1 0 80 0 2664 1556 socket ? 00:00:00 gvfs-hal-volume
S 1000 4375 1 0 80 0 2200 1463 - ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
S 1000 4397 1 0 80 0 2612 5727 370923 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
S 1000 4408 1 0 80 0 20488 60392 323803 ? 00:00:13 main-menu
S 1000 4411 1 0 80 0 26076 18140 - ? 00:00:02 tomboy
S 1000 4432 1 0 80 0 2144 1569 - ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
S 1000 4479 1 0 80 0 12172 7466 1 ? 00:00:00 mini_commander_
S 1000 4492 1 0 80 0 32932 53484 autore ? 00:00:08 deskbar-applet
S 1000 4495 1 0 80 0 13732 7905 359042 ? 00:00:01 gnome-dictionar
S 1000 4506 1 0 80 0 3948 2807 dequeu ? 00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo
S 1000 4867 1 0 80 0 19960 53390 - ? 00:00:05 gnome-terminal
S 1000 4869 4867 0 80 0 572 800 - ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
S 1000 4972 4867 0 80 0 2264 1298 wait pts/2 00:00:00 bash
S 0 4980 4972 0 80 0 1540 1148 wait pts/2 00:00:00 su
S 0 4983 4980 0 80 0 2244 1233 wait pts/2 00:00:00 bash
R 0 5215 4983 0 80 0 804 623 - pts/2 00:00:00 ps