Ubuntu
gconf2 package

Package installation fail and then can't start GNOME

Bug #60218 reported by lazyM0m3nt on 2006-09-13

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gconf2 (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Sorry for I don't use English as a native language and i'm new to linux.
I am using Edgy Eft knot 2.
When i try to install nessus with
"sudo apt-get install nessus"
It say it have errors an cant install succesfully.
Then I restart my PC when reach GDM I use my account (not root) and GNOME can't start.Only root can do it.

I try everyway and I solve this problem by "sudo chmod 777 /tmp"

Hope it will useful,
lazyM0m3nt

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lazyM0m3nt (lazym0m3nt) wrote on 2006-09-13:

Cant'StartGNOME Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain)

I forgot to attach a crash report file.
I have done it already here...

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2006-09-15:

What error did you get exactly? Does /tmp permissions change every day? That's not likely to be gconf doing that

Changed in gconf2:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
status:	Unconfirmed → Needs Info

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lazyM0m3nt (lazym0m3nt) wrote on 2006-09-19:

No It change that time only.When I start GDM, I'm recommended to see in ~/.xsession-errors (they also report that there have package installation fault) and it say in .xsession-errors that it dont have permission to /var/log/wtmp and /var/run/utmp. I'm sorry for dont have that logs file backup.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2006-09-19:

that bug lacks details to be useful, I'm marking it as rejected since it only happened once apparently and you didn't keep the log. Feel free to reopen with the asked details if you get the issue again