Yes, i have the problem here.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Shaligar <javilol@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,

When I try to login into gnome, I get an empty brown background, but if
I wait long enough (around 2 minutes), the desktop loads, along with an
error about gnome-settings-daemon. Because of that, my skins / icons are
not configured as they should. After some more time, tho, gnome-
settings-daemon seems to load, as my skin and icons change, and the
welcome sound is played.

If this the same bug, I'm ready to test any fixes.

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error starting GNOME Settings Daemon
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199960
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Status in Source Package "gnome-settings-daemon" in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Happened after last night's updates to Hardy.

** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8080200 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so

** (gnome-settings-daemon:11173): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.SettingsDaemon

** (gnome-settings-daemon:11173): WARNING **: Could not acquire name
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11173): DEBUG: SettingsDaemon finished
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11172): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager
The program 'gnome-settings-daemon' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
 (Details: serial 89 error_code 1 request_code 151 minor_code 6)
 (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
  that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
  To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
  option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
  backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
1205011405.201156 Session manager: disconnected...
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Successfully connected to D-Bus
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Starting settings manager
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading settings plugins from dir: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrdb.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrdb for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/screensaver.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/screensaver for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xsettings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xsettings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/background.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keybindings.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keybindings for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/typing-break.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/typing-break for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/font.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/font for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/a11y-keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/a11y-keyboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/clipboard.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/clipboard for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/dummy.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/dummy for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/mouse.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/mouse for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/sound.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/xrandr.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading plugin: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/media-keys.gnome-settings-plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Monitoring dir /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/media-keys for changes
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: GnomeSettingsModule 0x8080200 initialising
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Registering GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdXrandrPlugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: GsdXrandrPlugin initializing
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Activating xrandr plugin
** (gnome-settings-daemon:11184): DEBUG: Starting xrandr manager
The program 'gnome-settings-daemon' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
 (Details: serial 89 error_code 1 request_code 151 minor_code 6)
 (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
  that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
  To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
  option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
  backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

[Update]
This was happening previously as bug 197153, which was believed fixed, but evidently not.  -- bryce