Re: galeon won't start -- gconfd error?

[JG <j2003gi@yahoo.es>]

Hi,

Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> writes:

> every time i try to start galeon on this new install of mine (which is
> basically a clone of an old install on which galeon *was* working), i
> get the following gtk error dialog box: 
> 
>   Cannot find a schema for galeon preferences.
>   Check your gconf setup, look at galeon FAQ for
>   more info
> 
> i've moved all my setups in my homedir out of the way.  i've
> apt-gotten removed --purged galeon and reinstalled it.  i've looked at
> the relevant page of the galeon FAQ[1] and done everything it says.
> yet the error persists.
> 
> can anyone help me out here?

I guess you are using gnome2 from testing/unstable, but using galeon 1.2.x? 

Something strange is happening, it seems to be a bug somewhere
which prevents gconfd-1 to start automatically (as it should). See bugs
http://bugs.debian.org/216560, http://bugs.debian.org/216430 .

My workaround is starting gconfd-1 by hand before launching galeon:

$ gconfd-1 &
$ galeon &

hope this helps,

Jaume

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