new gnome2 in sarge : startup error

[Hanasaki JiJi]

just updated to gnome2 in sarge with an:
        apt-get update
        apt-get distupgrade
worked like a charm, till a logout / login

gdm tried to login my id and something failed and send me back to gdm. 
nothing in the log files.  same result from startx from the cmd line.

deleted ~/.xinitrc and startx from the command line worked
deleted ~/.gnome2* and login from gdm worked
one item left... on login a gnome error msg box comes up.
        - there was an error starting the gnome settings daemon
any thoughts on resolving this?  did the upgrade go smooth for anyone?

thanks

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