On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Stan Sanderson wrote:

> OS 10.5 Intel, Xcode 3.1.1, X11 2.3.1, current updates on unstable  
> tree
>
> Problem: Attempting to launch gnome-session fails with the following
> message-
>> 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://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/
>> for information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to
>> session: dbus-launch failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch
>> requested, but X11 support not compiled in.
>> Cannot continue.
>
> I have gone to the gnome.org website but haven't a clue as to what to
> do.
>
> I do not have an .xinitrc file and I have deleted my ~/.gnome* and
> ~/.gconf* files. If I attempt to run gconf-editor I get a blank edit
> box with the can't connect message.
>
> Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Stan
>
>
>
>
> Stan
>

This error has been associated with not having the Fink environment  
set up in the PATH.  If you're doing this in a .xinitrc, make sure to  
have

. /sw/bin/init.sh

at the beginning.

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