I've resolved this issue on my Thinkpad (which is a T21 - the A21 had no issues). I stumbled across this after I found that I could no longer ping localhost or hostname. What I found:
1. /etc/network/interfaces had the following line commented out: # iface lo inet loopback I uncommented the line. 2. I used the following to bring up loopback: sudo ifconfig lo localhost sudo route add localhost dev lo courtesy of: <http://sudan.ubuntuforums.com/showpost.php?s=8089ac6575f0425788949c951c5b3e8b&p=657273&postcount=7> I also found a similar blog regarding the same: <http://arunpc.com/2008/06/01/ubuntu-there-was-an-error-starting-the-gnome-settings-daemon/> After I was able to reliably ping localhost I no long get the gnome- settings-daemon msg. -- [hardy] gnome-settings-daemon doesn't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188010 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
