> I've tried to make it more clear that this should be considered a bug. I am very pleased: I didn't expect a positive/constructive reaction. This is great work, now it's up to gnome/gconf developers.
> Isn't it just providing settings that were configured when you still used > GNOME? I never used GNOME on this installation =) > If you had an empty ~/.gnome* and ~/.gconf*, wouldn't you get the same > defaults as when gconfd isn't running at all? (try moving those directories > aside before deleting them). I had ".gnome2" and ".gnome2_private" directories in ~/, which I renamed before running gnome-settings-daemon. Didn't change anything, gnome-settings-daemon is still taking over. Moreover, my custom Openbox key bindings for XF86AudioPrev, XF86AudioNext, etc. don't work anymore once gnome-settings-daemon has been launched (even after g-s-d is killed). > I guess really you just need gconfd, which is started by > gnome-settings-daemon. Does running > /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2& > change your themes and fonts? Or only g-s-d? If it's ok, then you could > update the workaround to suggest just that, instead of g-s-d. Running this doesn't change anything, and, in fact, it exits immediately : ------------------ tsubaka ~ # /usr/libexec/gconfd-2& [1] 12114 tsubaka ~ # (press enter) [1]+ Exit 1 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 tsubaka ~ # ------------------ Olivier Sessink provided a working way to launch gconfd-2 and then gnome-terminal, as root ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf2/+bug/328575/comments/42 ): >The problem is that there is no session-dbus. The following lines of shell code > start a session dbus, start gconfd and start the gnome-terminal > > #!/bin/sh > eval 'dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session' > /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2& > gnome-terminal > > add it to a script, and start the script. So in my case, it's a no-go for gnome-terminal, and I'm off using xfce's terminal emulator, which is just fine, and lightweight too =) -- Cannot start gnome-terminal because of gconf error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328575 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
