Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
From: "George N. White III" <[email protected]>
To: "Community support for Fedora users" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: gnome service
From: "George N. White III" <[email protected]>
To: "Community support for Fedora users" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: gnome service
On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 4:44 AM Patrick Dupre via users <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
I get the following message
systemctl --user status org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service
○ org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.servi>
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
systemctl --user restart org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service
Failed to restart org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service: Operation refused, unit org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service may be requested by dependency only (it is configured to refuse manual start/stop).
See user logs and 'systemctl --user status org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service' for details.
Not sure about what I should do.
journalctl -xe
does not help me (no red stuff).
Here:
% systemctl --user status org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service
● org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service; static)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-23 19:45:24 AST; 1 day 15h ago
Invocation: 18837a384fa74f529f82703c4081d13d
Main PID: 2592 (gsd-color)
Tasks: 5 (limit: 18974)
Memory: 1.5M (peak: 2M)
CPU: 671ms
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]/session.slice/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service
└─2592 /usr/libexec/gsd-color
Jan 23 19:45:24 dormarth systemd[2242]: Starting org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service...
Jan 23 19:45:24 dormarth systemd[2242]: Started org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service.
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service; static)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-23 19:45:24 AST; 1 day 15h ago
Invocation: 18837a384fa74f529f82703c4081d13d
Main PID: 2592 (gsd-color)
Tasks: 5 (limit: 18974)
Memory: 1.5M (peak: 2M)
CPU: 671ms
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]/session.slice/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service
└─2592 /usr/libexec/gsd-color
Jan 23 19:45:24 dormarth systemd[2242]: Starting org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service...
Jan 23 19:45:24 dormarth systemd[2242]: Started org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service.
Try running "% journalctl --no-hostname --nopager -b -g color".
journalctl --no-hostname --no-pager -b -g color
Jan 25 09:31:52 systemd[1]: Starting colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles...
Jan 25 09:31:53 systemd[1]: Started colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles.
Jan 25 09:31:53 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=colord comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Jan 25 09:31:54 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
Jan 25 09:31:55 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:31:56 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:31:56 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
Jan 25 09:32:23 systemd[2820]: Starting org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service...
Jan 25 09:32:23 systemd[2820]: Started org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service.
Jan 25 09:32:23 systemd[2820]: Reached target org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.target - GNOME color management target.
Jan 25 09:31:52 systemd[1]: Starting colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles...
Jan 25 09:31:53 systemd[1]: Started colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles.
Jan 25 09:31:53 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=colord comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Jan 25 09:31:54 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
Jan 25 09:31:55 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:31:56 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:31:56 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1853]: (II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4
Jan 25 09:32:19 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2857]: (II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
Jan 25 09:32:23 systemd[2820]: Starting org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service...
Jan 25 09:32:23 systemd[2820]: Started org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service.
Jan 25 09:32:23 systemd[2820]: Reached target org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.target - GNOME color management target.
But
systemctl --user status org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service
○ org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service; st>
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
○ org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service - GNOME color management service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.service; st>
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
George N. White III
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