error starting GNOME Settings Daemon, Volume Control quit

[Chuck Anderson <cra WPI EDU>]

Today when I booted up, I got this error logging in:

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:

Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-
daemon/gnome-settings-daemon: Success

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

Also, the mixer applet Volume Control crashed:

"Volume Control" has quit unexpectedly

If you reload a panel object, it will
automatically be added back to the panel.


I can start "/usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon" manually, and my 
settings come back.  However, restarting /usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 
just causes it to crash again immediately.