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9 years ago this happened to me when I used apt-get autoremove I pretty think that it have removed some dependency packages !!
by trying installing the package again apt-get install mate-settings-daemon
it will install all the other dependencies
Using the repo: deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main
This has happened on two fresh installs of Ubuntu 12.04.1 64 bit - when I go to right-click on the desktop it pops open a dialog with an ok button that says "Unable to start the settings manager 'mate-settings-daemon'. Without the MATE settings manager running some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with DBus or a non-MATE (eg KDE) settings manger may already be active and conflicting with the MATE settings manager....
I selected "mate" at the log on screen and the menus and such all appear mate oriented. the version of Mate is the latest-- 1.4.0 as stated in the System >> About Mate button resultant dialog.
Please help. UPDATE SOLUTION?:(Not sure if it's actually working or the error is just stopping) OK I had tried to do a simple reinstall of mate-core and adding in some other mate packages I had thought might help- even after a re-boot of the system I still was getting the same error condition/failing of the 'mate-settings-daemon'.
Next, I tried to do a "complete removal" of the "mate-core" package and then install it again in the same session. Following a reboot of the workstation I am now able to right click without having the above described condition occur. However, one thing I should point out- the mouse cursor sizing bar in the rightclick>>change desktop background>>Theme>>Customize..>>Pointer does not work- that is the mouse cursor does not change in size at all as it has in previous versions of Gnome 2. This is a very handy feature and one that is uniquely provided by Gnome2.