On Jun 11, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:

> Stan Sanderson wrote:
>> on ppc, OS 10.5.7, X11 2.3.3-2, latest fink, all updates applied,
>> using Gnome.
>>
>> xinitrc contents are
>> . /sw/bin/init.sh
>> . /sw/bin/init.sh
>> export PATH=$PATH:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin
>> quartz wm --only-proxy &
>> exec gnome-session
>>
>>
>> Since the recent updates, upon booting X11 I am presented with the
>> following message:
>>
>> There is a problem with the configuration server.
>> (/sw/lib/gconf2/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)
>>
>> I have tried removing the .gnome2 and .gconf files but the error
>> remains.
>>
>> Dismissing the message allows Gnome to finish and things seem to work
>> as before.
>>
>> What might I try to remove this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stan
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Try running /sw/lib/gconf2/gconf-sanity-check-2 manually.  After  
> picking
> Continue on the first window, I get another one that says:
>
> Please contact your system administrator to resolve the following  
> problem:
> Could not resolve the address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/ 
> gconf.xml.system"
> in the configuration file "/sw/etc/gconf/2/path": Failed: Could not  
> make
> directory `/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system': No such file or directory
>
> Do you get the same thing?  Those references to /etc seem a bit
> suspicious to me, and may indicate that some additional patching is  
> needed.
>
> --
> Alexander Hansen
> Fink User Liaison


Alexander-

I do get the same response on my machine.

Stan



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