gnome-settings-daemon: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Grey Nicholson]

Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon

Using the Classic Desktop session (Gnome Panel) in latest natty. I did a clean install from the latest daily image, but rsync'd my old settings files back into ~ .

gnome-settings-daemon won't run. The fallback theme is used throughout the desktop.

Running `gnome-appearance-properties` returns a dialogue:
“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 DBus, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.”

The Appearance dialogue then opens and does follow the selected theme. No other windows follow the selected theme.

Running `gnome-settings-daemon` in a terminal returns:
 “gnome-settings-daemon: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”

(I tried to report this as a gnome-settings-daemon bug using apport, but apport said “This is not a genuine Ubuntu package”.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
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Date: Wed Feb 16 02:09:35 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, are you sure you are not using the gnome3 ppa? what gnome-settings-daemon package version do you have installed?

[Erlan Sergaziev (sergeant)]

I confirm this happens on latest Natty builds and I don't have any PPA's enabled.
Please also look at bug 719481 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/719481).
It looks similar.

This also affects:
dconf-editor
libcanberra-gtk
Nautilus opening Applications folder

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue you describe doesn't make sense since gtk3 is not installed by default in natty and gsd is not using it, are you sure you have nothing enabled from the ppa for GNOME3? is the a11y option enabled?

[Erlan Sergaziev (sergeant)]

I haven't even attempted to install Gnome3 (I heard it's incompatible with Unity).
How do you want me to swear? :)

Anyhow, looking at the stuff I did install I found dconf-tools and libcanberra-gtk3 packages and they depend on libgtk3.
Can those be causing the problem?

P.S. I installed dconf-tools for dconf-editor to modify Unity's date/time format.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could be, could you try to uninstall libcanberra to see if that makes a difference?

[Erlan Sergaziev (sergeant)]

Didn't help.

I also now remembered that the icons on the top panel (NM, sound and Shutdown) were screwed up on the very first login before I installed anything.
Also some icons on the launcher are also affected, e.g. Synaptic. I remember they look differently in Ambiance Theme.

[Rodrigo Moya (rodrigo-moya)]

Erlan, can you please run the following:

$ apt-cache policy gnome-settings-daemon

and paste the output to the bug?

[Erlan Sergaziev (sergeant)]

Rodrigo,

Here you are:

gnome-settings-daemon:
  Installed: 2.32.1-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 2.32.1-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 2.32.1-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://kz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you do a ls of /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-..?

[Vincente Ferrando Berenguer (vicente-wipzona)]

    Hi,

    Here you have:

-----:~$ ls /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon*
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon:
gnome-settings-daemon gsd-datetime-mechanism
gnome-update-wallpaper-cache gsd-locate-pointer

/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0:
libubuntuone.a libubuntuone.so
libubuntuone.la ubuntuone.gnome-settings-plugin

/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0:
a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin libkeybindings.so
automount.gnome-settings-plugin libkeyboard.so
background.gnome-settings-plugin libmedia-keys.so
clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin libmouse.so
gconf.gnome-settings-plugin libsound.so
housekeeping.gnome-settings-plugin libwacom.so
keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin libxrandr.so
keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin libxsettings.so
liba11y-keyboard.so media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
libautomount.so mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
libbackground.so sound.gnome-settings-plugin
libclipboard.so wacom.gnome-settings-plugin
libgconf.so xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
libhousekeeping.so xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin

El mar, 22-02-2011 a las 22:26 +0000, Sebastien Bacher escribió:

> could you do a ls of /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-..?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/719739
>
> Title:
> gnome-settings-daemon: error while loading shared libraries:
> libgtk-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory
>
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon
>
> Using the Classic Desktop session (Gnome Panel) in latest natty. I did
> a clean install from the latest daily image, but rsync'd my old
> settings files back into ~ .
>
> gnome-settings-daemon won't run. The fallback theme is used throughout
> the desktop.
>
> Running `gnome-appearance-properties` returns a dialogue:
> “Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Vincente, thank you for your comment but why do you comment on this bug report? You clearly use the GNOME3 version and have a different issue than the submitter one

[Rodrigo Moya (rodrigo-moya)]

Erlan, can you please run the same command as Vincente, to see what plugin might be loading gtk3?

[Erlan Sergaziev (sergeant)]

Rodrigo,

I am afraid, I have since reinstalled Ubuntu several times and the latest image doesn't exhibit this bug.
I believe it's fixed.

Erlan