I was running into the same WARNING message and was able to eliminate it by replacing two files in the directory /usr/share/gconf/schemas. The files, control-center.schemas and gnome-control-center.schemas, were moved to .orig files. The source of the replacement files was this URL:
http://search.4shared.com/q/1/control-center.schemas After a re-install of update-manager, the WARNING was gone and desktop.en_US.utf8.cache was rebuilt: Unpacking replacement update-manager ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for gconf2 ... Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for python-support ... Setting up update-manager (1:0.134.11) ... After a dpkg-reconfigure gconf2, there was no WARNING message. It may have happened during an Ubuntu update when gnome-control-center was also updated, since both the files were much larger and quite different from the .orig files. I have compressed the new files and attached them. Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.3 LTS ** Attachment added: "Gnome Control Center Files" https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/276272/+attachment/2484145/+files/control-center.tgz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276272 Title: warning during installation: WARNING: Failed to parse default value Status in GNOME Control Center: Fix Released Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: While upgrading to tonight's intrepid I see Preparing to replace capplets-data 1:2.24.0-0ubuntu2 (using .../capplets-data_1%3a2.24.0.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ... WARNING: Failed to parse default value `??????????? ?????? ;gtk-theme-selector.desktop,???????????? ??????????? ???;default-applications.desktop,??????????? ????;gnome-cups-manager.desktop]' for schema (/schemas/apps/control-center/cc_actions_list) Unpacking replacement capplets-data ... Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu' Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package' Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin' Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu' Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package' Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/276272/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp