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<refentry id="gnome-settings-daemon">
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<refentry id="unity-settings-daemon">
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<title>gnome-settings-daemon</title>
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<productname>GNOME</productname>
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<title>unity-settings-daemon</title>
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<productname>Unity</productname>
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<refentrytitle>gnome-settings-daemon</refentrytitle>
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<refentrytitle>unity-settings-daemon</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
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<refname>gnome-settings-daemon</refname>
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<refpurpose>GNOME settings daemon</refpurpose>
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<refname>unity-settings-daemon</refname>
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<refpurpose>Unity settings daemon</refpurpose>
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<command>gnome-settings-daemon <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTION</arg></command>
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<command>unity-settings-daemon <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTION</arg></command>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>gnome-settings-daemon</command> provides many
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<para><command>unity-settings-daemon</command> provides many
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session-wide services and functions that require a
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long-running process.
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Among the services implemented by gnome-settings-daemon
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Among the services implemented by unity-settings-daemon
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are an XSettings manager, which provides theming, font
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and other settings to GTK+ applications, and a clipboard
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manager, which preserves clipboard contents when an
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Many user interface elements of
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<command>gnome-shell</command> and
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<command>gnome-control-center</command> rely on
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gnome-settings-daemon for their functionality.
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<command>unity</command> and
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<command>unity-control-center</command> rely on
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unity-settings-daemon for their functionality.
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<para>The internal architecture of gnome-settings-daemon
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<para>The internal architecture of unity-settings-daemon
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consists of a number of plugins, which provide functionality
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such as printer notifications, software update monitoring,
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background changing, etc. For debugging purposes, these
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<para>gnome-settings-daemon takes the name
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<para>unity-settings-daemon takes the name
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org.gnome.SettingsDaemon on the session bus to ensure
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that only one instance is running. Some plugins export
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objects under this name to make their functionality
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these objects should generally be considered private
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and unstable.</para>
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<para>gnome-settings-daemon is a required component of
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the GNOME desktop, i.e. it is listed in the
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<para>unity-settings-daemon is a required component of
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the Unity desktop, i.e. it is listed in the
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RequiredComponents field of
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<filename>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session</filename>.
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It is started in the initialization phase of the session,
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<title>Files</title>
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<term><filename>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session</filename></term>
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<term><filename>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/ubuntu.session</filename></term>
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<listitem><para>GNOME session definition file where gnome-settings-daemon is listed as a required component.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Unity session definition file where unity-settings-daemon is listed as a required component.</para></listitem>
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<term><filename>/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop</filename></term>
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<term><filename>/etc/xdg/autostart/unity-settings-daemon.desktop</filename></term>
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<listitem><para>Autostart file for gnome-settings-daemon, where its autostart phase is set.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Autostart file for unity-settings-daemon, where its autostart phase is set.</para></listitem>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-shell</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-control-center</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>unity</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>unity-control-center</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-session</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>