1. NAME

gnome-settings-daemon - Handles the GNOME session settings

2. SYNOPSIS

gnome-settings-daemon [--debug] [--no-daemon] [--gconf-prefix] [--display=DISPLAY]

3. DESCRIPTION

gnome-settings-daemon is responsible for setting the various preference parameters of a GNOME session and the applications that run under it.

4. OPTIONS

Help options

  • -?, --help
        Show this help message

Application options

  • --debug
        Enable debugging code
  • --no-daemon
        Do not detach the daemon process from its controlling terminal
  • --gconf-prefix
        Specify a custom GConf settings prefix for settings manager plugins
  • --display=DISPLAY
        X display to use

5. AUTHOR

gnome-settings-daemon was written by Jonathan Blandford <> and William Jon McCann <>.

This manual page was originally written by Joshua Cummings <>.