Re: GConf-problem
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:18:56AM +0100, Stefan Ohlsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Debian3.0 (woody) and kernel 2.4.13.
>
> I have gconf, libgconf11 and libgconf-dev installed, but still
> none of the apps using gconf (gnome-gv, nautilus) works. Instead they
> complain:
>
> "GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server (a likely cause of this
> is that you have an existing configuration server (gconfd) running, but it
> isn't reachable from here - if you're logged in from two machines at once,
> you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit)"
>
> A "ps auxc" reports no gconfd running.
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
Having just fixed a gconf <<>> oafd problem myself .....
1) Is oafd running OK? Try 'ps x | grep oafd'. You should see
something like :
978 ? S 0:01 oafd --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=6
Check the there is such an fd. 'ls -l /proc/978/fd' If there
is nothing in the dir that matches the ior-output-pd param,
then, like me, your oafd has a problem. This probably isn't
it, because the GConf error isn't followed by an OAF error.
2) Try cleaning up a little. Kill your oaf and gconf daemons -
even though you say that gconf isn't running. 'oaf-slay' and
'gconftool-1 --shutdown' Now try starting gconf manually :
'gconftool-1 --spawn' Same error message? Can you ping a
running gconf? 'gconftool-1 --ping || echo "Nothing there"'
3) Are you logged in from two machines?
4) Have you searched http://bugzilla.gnome.org ?
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