Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libgconf2-4
Hi, After updating from 9.04 (jaunty) to 9.10 (karmic), the desktop is not usable anymore. I keep getting strange error messages. When trying to start gnome-terminal, firefox, or any applets in the taskbar, I get the following error message in the terminal or in some popup: GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Server ping error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Server ping error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Server ping error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0) GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Server ping error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0) [...] Solution: ib...@raven:~$ sudo -s Password: r...@raven:~# groups iblue iblue : adm disk dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare mythtv r...@raven:~# usermod -G admin,iblue iblue And after rebooting everything works as usual. I have no idea why this works. You can reproduce this bug (at least on my machine) by creating a new user: # useradd foobar And setting a few groups: # usermod -G adm disk dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare mythtv -a foobar Then log in via gdm and you get this strange error. ** Affects: gconf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Strange GConf Error breaks GUI after update to karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gconf in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
