Hi guys! I found the same problem today installing Debian on my old ibook (Debian SID):
> # uname -a > Linux ibook 2.6.18-3-powerpc #1 Sun Dec 10 17:59:01 CET 2006 ppc GNU/Linux > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > cpu : 750CXe > temperature : 11-13 C (uncalibrated) > clock : 499.999000MHz > revision : 34.21 (pvr 0008 2215) > bogomips : 33.15 > timebase : 16640000 > platform : PowerMac > machine : PowerBook4,1 > motherboard : PowerBook4,1 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh > detected as : 257 (iBook 2) > pmac flags : 0000001b > L2 cache : 256K unified > pmac-generation : NewWorld > > # cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal: 255988 kB > MemFree: 24472 kB > Buffers: 11388 kB > Cached: 138932 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 151396 kB > Inactive: 63984 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 255988 kB > LowFree: 24472 kB > SwapTotal: 749992 kB > SwapFree: 749992 kB > Dirty: 88 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > AnonPages: 65076 kB > Mapped: 31216 kB > Slab: 10080 kB > PageTables: 1540 kB > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > Bounce: 0 kB > CommitLimit: 877984 kB > Committed_AS: 152116 kB > VmallocTotal: 711076 kB > VmallocUsed: 16768 kB > VmallocChunk: 693152 kB > > # lspci > 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea AGP > 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage > Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) > 0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea PCI > 0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Pangea Mac I/O > 0001:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Pangea USB > 0001:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Pangea USB > 0002:20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea Internal PCI > 0002:20:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea > FireWire > 0002:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea > GMAC (Sun GEM) Here the logs... but I don't think they are really useful. However I have the same "GNOME Settings Daemon" error logging in Gnome. > # tail /var/log/messages > Jan 16 21:18:41 ibook kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized > Jan 16 21:18:41 ibook kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized > Jan 16 21:18:41 ibook kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8 > Jan 16 21:19:31 ibook gconfd (giopas-2636): Inizializzazione (versione > 2.16.0), pid 2636, utente 'giopas' > Jan 16 21:19:31 ibook gconfd (giopas-2636): L'indirizzo > "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" è stato risolta ad una > fonte di configurazione in sola lettura in posizione 0 > Jan 16 21:19:31 ibook gconfd (giopas-2636): L'indirizzo > "xml:readwrite:/home/giopas/.gconf" è stato risolto ad una fonte di > configurazione scrivibile in posizione 1 > Jan 16 21:19:31 ibook gconfd (giopas-2636): L'indirizzo > "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" è stato risolta ad una > fonte di configurazione in sola lettura in posizione 2 > Jan 16 21:19:31 ibook gconfd (giopas-2636): L'indirizzo > "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" è stato risolta ad una > fonte di configurazione in sola lettura in posizione 3 > Jan 16 21:19:31 ibook gconfd (giopas-2636): L'indirizzo > "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" è stato risolta ad una fonte di > configurazione in sola lettura in posizione 4 > Jan 16 21:19:38 ibook gconfd (giopas-2636): L'indirizzo > "xml:readwrite:/home/giopas/.gconf" è stato risolto ad una fonte di > configurazione scrivibile in posizione 0 > > # dmesg | tail > lp: driver loaded but no devices found > Bluetooth: Core ver 2.10 > NET: Registered protocol family 31 > Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized > Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized > Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8 > Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized > Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized > Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized > Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8 > ibook:/home/giopas# cat .xsession-errors > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w > /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l > ":0" "giopas" > /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... > SESSION_MANAGER=local/ibook:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2587 > ** Message: Server desktop remoto non avviato I didn't yet tested all stuff here proposed, but I'm ready to provide you all additional information you could need. Actually, I can say that installing libvisual-0.4-0 doesn't solve for me the problem. Giovanni -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Vuoi stupirla con un gesto d'amore? Ricorda... un Diamante è per sempre! * Regalale un gioiello con Diamante e punta dritto al suo cuore! Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=5632&d=16-1