on Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:31:38AM +0100, JG insinuated:
> 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,
it did! that's it exactly.
thanks,
</nori>
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