Thank you for your bug report. Could you add your journalctl log from a boot with the issue?
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850125 Title: Can't start gnome/xorg -- says that the xsettings service is already running. Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Using `gdm` or `lightdm` and choosing gnome/xorg gives me a fatal error: Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 gsd-xsettings[2395]: You can only run one xsettings manager at a time; exiting Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 gsd-xsettings[2395]: Failed to start: Could not initialize xsettings manager. Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: gsd-xsettings.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: gsd-xsettings.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: Failed to start GNOME XSettings. Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: Dependency failed for GNOME XSettings. Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: gsd-xsettings.target: Job gsd-xsettings.target/start failed with result 'dependency'. Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: gsd-xsettings.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: Started GNOME Session Failed lockdown screen (user). Oct 24 00:40:31 AS-XPS-13-9360 systemd[1801]: Reached target GNOME Session Failed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME:Unity Date: Mon Oct 28 11:42:03 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-16 (346 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-10-23 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1850125/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp