Failed to create dbus proxy for org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name

[Alain Baeckeroot]

LAST PACKAGE TESTED:
  2.28.0-0ubuntu5

Binary package hint: evince

in karmic beta, upgraded from jaunty

when launching evince xyz.pdf from an xterm i have the folowing message:

** (evince:7537): WARNING **: Failed to create dbus proxy for org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 16 17:06:41 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: evince 2.28.0-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.47-generic
SourcePackage: evince
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

I can confirm this bug in Karmic Beta. Latest package version: 2.28.0-0ubuntu5

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

do you have gnome-settings-daemon running?

[Alain Baeckeroot (alain-baeckeroot)]

no :) (i use xfce4, from xubuntu jaunty upgraded to karmic with update-manager)
but i have selected in xfce4 stufff the 'launch gnome services" at startup. I guess it is supposed to do the right things.

when i launch the daemon (as user) i have the following messages :

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~$ gnome-settings-daemon

(gnome-settings-daemon:8099): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(gnome-settings-daemon:8099): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

** (gnome-settings-daemon:8099): WARNING **: You can only run one xsettings manager at a time; exiting

** (gnome-settings-daemon:8099): WARNING **: Unable to start xsettings manager: Could not initialize xsettings manager.

** (gnome-settings-daemon:8099): WARNING **: Grab failed for some keys, another application may already have access the them.

** (gnome-settings-daemon:8099): WARNING **: Clipboard manager is already running.

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do this should be filled as a bug against xfce4-something for lack of gnome services ?

when the dameon is launched, the evince message disappears.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

ok, it's an issue when using evince without GNOME, something upstream should probably handle better

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

@Sebastien

I see the same issue with totem in my lucid and with GNOME dm

(totem:26207): Totem-WARNING **: Failed to create dbus proxy for org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name

[Alex Gottschalk (agottschalk)]

I have a similar issue with evince in Lucid Server, basic X.org installation (no gnome desktop)

$ evince

** (evince:12592): WARNING **: Failed to create dbus proxy for org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name

(evince:12592): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to read the recently used resources file at `/home/UNIXHOME/agottschalk/.recently-used.xbel', but the parser failed: Failed to open file '/home/UNIXHOME/agottschalk/.recently-used.xbel': Permission denied.

** (evince:12592): WARNING **: Error creating last_settings file: Error opening file '/home/UNIXHOME/agottschalk/.gnome2/evince/last_settings': Permission denied

Segmentation fault