Problems Upgrading Debian Squeeze

[Mark Phillips]

I ran my usual apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade last night on my Debian
squeeze system. There were no errors, and when I rebooted, I was able to
login, but gnome (1) generated an error message and (2) I only got as far as
my wallpaper and items on the Desktop. No menu bar (just white band) and no
panel at the bottom of the screen. I tried dpkg-reconfigure gnome, but gnome
had been removed! So I reinstalled it, and still the same problem. Any
suggestions where to look for the problem or how to fix it? Right now my
main machine is no more than a paperweight!

The gnome error message:

There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.

Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
correctly.

The last error message was:

Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did
not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the
reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in.

Thanks!

Mark

P.S. Iupdated three other machines the same way. This same error message
appears sometimes on those machines, but gnome manages to get everthing
running in spite of it. This is the first failure to actually load the menu
bar and panel.
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