On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:26:32 +0100, garrick wrote: > I've yet to get GNOME to work in 8.2. The gnome desktop starts up > without a window manager, the control panel works, but any apps > requireing gconfd-1 (like galeon) won't start. > > This problem has persisted from 8.2beta1 to current cooker. I've > reinstalled numerous times using beta1 and beta2 CDs. All packages are > current as of this morning. > > A few of the gnome rpms I have installed: GConf-1.0.8-1mdk > gnome-utils-1.4.1.2-1mdk > gnome-core-1.4.0.6-2mdk > gnome-control-center-1.5.11-4mdk > libgnome32-1.4.1.4-2mdk > gnome-common-1.2.4-3mdk > gnome-vfs-1.0.4-3mdk > > Trying to start galeon results in the following error: ** WARNING **: > GConf error: > Failed to contact configuration server (a likely cause of this is that > you have an existing configuration server (gconfd) running, but it > isn't reachable from here - if you're logged in from two machines at > once, you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit) > > GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server (a likely cause of > this is that you have an existing configuration server (gconfd) running, > but it isn't reachable from here - if you're logged in from two machines > at once, you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit)
If you are running with an NFS mounted home, be sure that file locking is enabled.. An try to remove ~/.gconfd/lock/*, this will fix the problem.. -- Frédéric Crozat MandrakeSoft
