gconfd filling up my logs

[Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it>]

gconfd spews out stuff to my syslog and messages:

Dec 27 13:51:50 localhost gconfd (root-6798): Resolved address 
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only 
configuration source at position 0
Dec 27 13:51:50 localhost gconfd (root-6798): Resolved address 
"xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at 
position 1
Dec 27 13:51:50 localhost gconfd (root-6798): Resolved address 
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only 
configuration source at position 2

Is this normal
Can I disable this stuff ?
Do I really need this gconf thing (running GNOME) ?

Thank you,
Bob