gconf-editor lost configuration

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Thanks!

I have the same problem.

>>the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem
The only thing I've done the last time was the installation of scratchbox: http://www.scratchbox.org/
But I don't think that this is relevant for this bug.

>>the behavior you expected
I expected a normal login screen.

>>the behavior you actually encountered
The first thing I saw were the error messages as one can see in the attachment.
Afterwards I clicked on the 'Computer' symbol, changed to /usr/bin/, opened the xterm, started gconf-editor and saw that the whole configuration was deleted.
I compiled and started the wlan driver RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.4.0 with the net interface rausb0 - because the standard driver of Ubuntu has never worked with my wlan device. Then I started Firefox to post a new bug report and saw that this bug already exists in this database.

$ LANGUAGE=C gconftool-2 --spawn
Failed to spawn the config server (gconfd): 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: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-eduard/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-eduard/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory)

$ ps jaxwww | grep gconf
 8851 10107 10106 8851 pts/1 10106 S+ 1000 0:00 grep gconf

Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 (Gnome)
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic

Sorry for my bad english, I like Ubuntu but if this bug can't be fixed I have to reinstall it or install Windows *hopefully not*

ps: how do I add multiple attachments to one comment?

I'm not sure if anyone actually cares about this bug but I restored my configuration with this procedure:

cd /tmp/
mkdir disabled
sudo mv orbit-* disabled/
sudo mv gconfd-* disabled/
gconftool-2 --spawn
gconfd-1 #optional?
reboot

Now everything works fine.

On 10/25/07, Eduard Urbach <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if anyone actually cares about this bug but I restored my
> configuration with this procedure:
>
> cd /tmp/
> mkdir disabled
> sudo mv orbit-* disabled/
> sudo mv gconfd-* disabled/
> gconftool-2 --spawn
> gconfd-1 #optional?
> reboot

Hooo, thanks for the answer, I was try moving the folders of my home, but it
not works

Now everything works fine.

thanks, in the next time with this problem try it

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> gconf-editor lost configuration
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146871
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I just upgrade my Ubuntu 7.10 (November 6) an i got this advertising:
El panel ha encontrado un problema mientras cargaba «OAFIID:Deskbar_Applet».

I just did

cd /tmp/
mkdir disabled
sudo mv orbit-* disabled/
sudo mv gconfd-* disabled/
gconftool-2 --spawn

Like Eduard Urbach suggested and everything works fine....
Until the next upgrade

Wwhat shall be do to confirm this bug?

Thanks for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report as such. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise your question in the support tracker. http://launchpad.net/support

On Nov 19, 2007 9:13 AM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for your report, may you tell us a few steps to trigger the
> crash?

I think that these two bugs have in common the Ubuntu updating, and I think
it is problem of the gconf-editor configuration files from one version to
another

>
> ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Visibility changed to: Public
>
> --
> gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148358
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> of the bug.
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I was getting similar error messages in hardy 8.04.

Using "gconftool-2 --spawn" did not spawn a gconfd instance, gave the error message below.

I identified the problem by running "strace -fF gconftool --spawn 2> strace-output.txt"
It reports all system calls made by gconftool, and permissions on /tmp directory was the problem.

If you still encounter this error, you can also try running strace and attaching the output to this bug.

==== error message ========
Failed to spawn the configuration server (gconfd): 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: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-USERNAME/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-USERNAME/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory)