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gconf2 package

  1. Bug #328575
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 328575

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Pete Goodall (pgoodall) wrote : Cannot start gnome-terminal bcause of gconf error

I cannot start gnome-terminal. If I open an xterm and start gnome-terminal from the command line, here is what I get:

$ gnome-terminal
Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.

$ ps ax | grep gconf
 3956 pts/0 R+ 0:00 grep gconf
 6643 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
 6647 ? S 0:06 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2

This is in Jaunty Alpha 4 with all updates current as of 12 Feb.