Re: [gentoo-user] GConf Error

[michael higgins]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:40:06 +0100
Emanuele Morozzi <emanuelemorozzi@×××××.it> wrote:

> Hello to everybody,
>
> Since some day I get this error while starting Gnome:
>
> > >GConf Error: Error contactiong the configuration server; it may be
> > >necessary to enable necessario TCP/IP support for ORBit or there may be
> > >an old NFS lock due to system crash. Please see
> > >http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/  (Detail - 1: Error converting IOR
> > >"" referencing an object 2: Error converting IOR "" referencing an
> > >object 2)
> > >EGConf Error: Error contactiong the configuration server; it may be
> > >necessary to enable necessario TCP/IP support for ORBit or there may be
> > >an old NFS lock due to system crash.
>
> Gnome doesn't start in a good way. I can see only the desktop, but
> without any icons
>
> Other info:
>
> - I have tried to re-emerge everything in system and world but without
> success.
>
> - I have tried to log as root to try (I never do it).
>
> - I have tried to look at http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/
>
> - I think this is a permission problem
>
> - KDE is working perfectly
>
> Does anybody have some idea/suggestion/other_tries?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Did you remove the files in ~/.gnome*, etc? This usually fixed the issue for me.

HTH,


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