Re: GConf 1.0.7 "ior" problem

[Ross Golder <ross golder org>]

Where's the trace? :)

--
Ross

On Sat, 2002-03-02 at 22:46, GA Burdett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I upgraded my GConf installation to 1.0.7, so that I could use the latest
> versions of Galeon. Unfortunately, nothing that requires GConf worked
> after that :(
> 
> For some reason, the gconf server refuses to be spawned, either "on
> demand" when applications want it, or explicitly through gconftool
> --spawn. When I strace an application or gconftool --spawn, the final
> death throws involve looking for ~/.gconfd/lock/ior, which doesn't exist,
> and is never created as a consequence. I've attached a trace of galeon
> doing just this.
> 
> But what is an "ior" (I couldn't work out what it meant from the gconf
> code...), where did it go, and most importantly, how can I get it back
> again!
> 
> Looking through some of the dicussions on this list in the past, there was
> mention of NFS mounted home directories. As far as I know, mine isn't, and
> I also ran the "lockit.c" code provided in one of the posts, which
> successfully locked a file in my home dir, unlocked it and exited
> properly.
> 
> Please, if anyone can help with this, I'd really like to have my GConf'd
> applications back! :)
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> 
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