Re: [Ekiga-list] Roster file

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 26/05/10 11:26, jtd wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 May 2010 00:25:32 Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > On 25/05/10 12:06, jtd wrote:
> > > where is the Ekiga roster file saved. Can I add an address thru
> > > the cli. If yes any hints?
> >
> > It's somewhere in ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga, do a grep to find out
> > exactly where.
>
> that is in .gconf/apps/ekiga/contacts/%gconf.xml
> But my changing a contact name, does not reflect on starting Ekiga.
> Infact ekiga continues to display the old name !!!. I cant figure out
> where ekiga picks it up from. However changing a contact name from
> within Ekiga does reflect the change.
>
> And after deleteing the file .gconf/apps/ekiga/contacts/%gconf.xml
> ekiga continues to show the same contacts.

This is because gconf has a cache.  You need to:
- either kill gconf and I think also remove ~/.gconfd, afterwards modify 
the file
- or use gconf-editor or gconftool to modify the variables

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Eugen