## ps x ###
PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
 8618 tty1     S      0:00 -bash
21214 tty1     S+     0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
21230 tty1     S+     0:00 xinit /home/dblitz/.xinitrc -- -nolisten tcp -br -auth /home/dblitz/.serverauth.21214 -deferglyphs 16
21237 tty1     S      0:02 gnome-session
21246 tty1     S      0:00 bbpager -c .blackbox/bbpager.bb
21324 ?        Ss     0:03 xterm -rv -vb +sb -fn drift
21326 pts/0    Ss     0:00 bash
31841 ?        Ss     0:00 xterm -rv -vb +sb -fn drift
31847 pts/1    Ss     0:00 bash
31856 pts/1    S+     0:00 ssh dragonsypher@dragonstower
31948 ?        Ss     0:00 xterm -rv -vb +sb -fn drift
31950 pts/2    Ss     0:00 bash
31956 pts/2    S+     0:00 ssh dragonsypher@dragonstower
  506 ?        Zs     0:00 [urxvt] <defunct>
 2688 pts/0    S      0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/limewire
 2689 pts/0    Sl     0:17 java -cp .:collections.jar:xerces.jar:jl011.jar:MessagesBundles.jar:themes.jar:logicrypto.jar:GURL.jar:LimeWire.jar com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main
 2957 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 10
 3199 tty1     S      0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
 3203 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon --oaf-ior-fd=25
 3205 ?        Ss     0:02 metacity --sm-save-file 1152895515-22997-1014269175.ms
 3208 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gam_server
 3210 ?        Ssl    0:01 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-G9Lmvk/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000115288566400000272080002 --screen 0 --no-default-window
 3214 ?        Ssl    0:00 gnome-panel --sm-config-prefix /gnome-panel-gf5QN0/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000115288566300000272080001 --screen 0
 3222 ?        Ssl    0:00 gnome-terminal --sm-config-prefix /gnome-terminal-V8VOqk/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000115288582600000272080006 --screen 0 --window-with-profile-internal-id=Default --show-m$
 3225 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-vfs-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_VFS_Daemon_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=30
 3227 ?        S      0:01 /usr/libexec/wnck-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Wncklet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=33
 3236 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/mapping-daemon
 3237 ?        S      0:00 gnome-pty-helper
 3238 pts/4    Ss+    0:00 bash
 3243 pts/5    Ss+    0:00 bash
 3247 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=21
 3272 ?        S      0:00 xscreensaver -nosplash
 3377 pts/0    R+     0:00 ps x

## This is the intial error 
There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.

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

The Settings Daemon restarted too many times.

The last error message was:

System exception: IDL:Bonobo/GeneralError:1.0 : Child process did not give an error message, unknown failure occurred

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