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.\"     Title: gnome-settings-daemon
.\"    Author: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
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.\"      Date: 07/14/2017
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: GNOME
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "GNOME\-SETTINGS\-DAE" "1" "" "GNOME" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
gnome-settings-daemon \- GNOME settings daemon
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBgnome\-settings\-daemon\ \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\ 'u
\fBgnome\-settings\-daemon \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBgnome\-settings\-daemon\fR
provides many session\-wide services and functions that require a long\-running process\&. Among the services implemented by gnome\-settings\-daemon are an XSettings manager, which provides theming, font and other settings to GTK+ applications, and a clipboard manager, which preserves clipboard contents when an application exits\&. Many user interface elements of
\fBgnome\-shell\fR
and
\fBgnome\-control\-center\fR
rely on gnome\-settings\-daemon for their functionality\&.
.PP
The internal architecture of gnome\-settings\-daemon consists of a number of plugins, which provide functionality such as printer notifications, software update monitoring, background changing, etc\&. For debugging purposes, these plugins can be individually disabled by changing the gsettings key
org\&.gnome\&.settings\-daemon\&.plugins\&.\fIplugin\-name\fR\&.active, where
\fIplugin\-name\fR
is the name of the plugin\&. To see a list of all plugins, use the command
\fB gsettings list\-children org\&.gnome\&.settings\-daemon\&.plugins \fR
.PP
gnome\-settings\-daemon takes the name org\&.gnome\&.SettingsDaemon on the session bus to ensure that only one instance is running\&. Some plugins export objects under this name to make their functionality available to other applications\&. The interfaces of these objects should generally be considered private and unstable\&.
.PP
gnome\-settings\-daemon is a required component of the GNOME desktop, i\&.e\&. it is listed in the RequiredComponents field of
/usr/share/gnome\-session/sessions/gnome\&.session\&. It is started in the initialization phase of the session, and
\fBgnome\-session\fR
will restart it if it crashes\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Prints a short help text and exits\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
.RS 4
Enables debugging code\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-timed\-exit\fR
.RS 4
Exits after a timeout (30 seconds) for debugging\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/usr/share/gnome\-session/sessions/gnome\&.session
.RS 4
GNOME session definition file where gnome\-settings\-daemon is listed as a required component\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome\-settings\-daemon\&.desktop
.RS 4
Autostart file for gnome\-settings\-daemon, where its autostart phase is set\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBgnome-shell\fR(1),
\fBgnome-control-center\fR(1),
\fBgnome-session\fR(1)