Try logging all the way out of X, switch to console view (control-alt-f1), clear out temp as root (rm -rf /tmp/*),  then reboot.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Mark Phillips <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in</span></blockquote></div><br>