multiple problems with gnome

[Yoav Avitzour]

Hi,

Since the partial upgrade to 2.4.1 my desktop suffers from several
problems. First, when logging in, I get a window with a message that
gnome-settings-daemon could not be started. If I try regular login, it
gets stuck at this point, and I need to kill the X server (see
.xsession-errors file below). If I try failsafe login, I get the same
message, but I can login. I can then run manually the
control-settings-daemon without a problem, but I cannot load ANY applet
to the panel. I just get a series of messages like:

The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_GDictApplet"
Details: Child process did not give an error message, unknown failure
occurred


Any ideas ?

Thanks,

Yoav


Here is my .xsession-errors:

/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and
utmp
/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w
/var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h ""
/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent --
/opt/lunar/gnome/2.4/bin/gnome-session
SESSION_MANAGER=local/gutman:/tmp/.ICE-unix/19824
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1

(evolution:19867): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: gsignal.c:2010: instance
`0x837fa18' has no handler with id `2869'
The application 'gnome-session' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.