Re: GConf 1.0.7 "ior" problem (fwd)



Sorry, forgot to include it - here it is :)

Giles

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> 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!
> >
> >
> > +------------------------------------------+
> > |  Giles Burdett - Computer Science Dept.  |
> > |                                          |
> > | gab103 york ac uk / gab103 cs york ac uk |
> > +------------------------------------------+
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