I installed gnome2, set locale, all works good on root account. Changes to this system are controlled by gconfd, a daemon. It is similar to the windows registry it was deprecated as part of the gnome 3 transition. After the server restart, when i entered to vnc i got the following error. Gedit uses gsettings to store its settings, which on linux typically uses the dconf backend. To correct some problems with permissions i changed the nf file.
Use this option with the configsource option to access a configuration source directly. The following command will disable the access control, by which you can allow clients to connect from any host. But running it as a separate user who isnt logged in on the desktop, you dont find it. When i enter gedit from the command line terminal it prints a whole bunch of errors and then launches gedit. When you use this option, gconf bypasses the server. You can open each type of window with the appropriate item under the file menu. The author is the creator of nixcraft and a seasoned sysadmin, devops engineer, and a trainer for the linux operating systemunix shell scripting. Gconf error after installing x11 gedit on macbook pro. When i try to open any application such as gedit, i get the following error over and. None of the authentication protocols specified are supported kuser36 dec 18, 2010. My website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors.
Generates a list that contains all preference keys in a gconf repository directory that you specify. Migration to its replacement, gsettings and dconf, is ongoing. I found the answer to the problem i was searching for. Those are normal errors you will receive when trying to run gconfeditor as root. If you are a new customer, register now for access to product evaluations and purchasing capabilities. Creates a new gconfclient using the default gconfengine.
If someone else is already using the default gconfclient, this function returns the same one theyre using, but with the reference count incremented. When i was trying to exit root and goto the user the system failed to recognize the root password so i couldnt shut down. Gconfeditor is a tool used for editing the gconf configuration database. First, i also find it annoying that these warnings show up on an outofthebox ubuntu, with no proper method to disable them which i could find it seems that the most common solution is either to install gir1. Can anyone give me a clue as to why the following would be in there. When i start gedit, i get the following the second line, 33 times. Your sudo gedit doesnt see a running session dbus instance, so it tries to autolaunch one. Failed to contact configuration server welcome to the most active linux forum on the web. This is not the recommended way of setting desktop preferences, but it might be useful when the proper configuration utility for some software provides no way of changing some option. Whenever i start gedit from command line, i always get this. Gconf in varlogmessages linux setup, configuration. Gconf was a system used by the gnome desktop environment for storing configuration settings for the desktop and applications. I create new account, try login, and after login i have very very slow interface, system freezing for half a second, a few times per minute, on thw taskbar, after keyboard layout i have black lines.
Opening gui applications as root or sudo users in linux often we see errors. If your company has an existing red hat account, your organization administrator can grant you access. What values configuration editor sets depends on what type of window you have open. But running it as a separate user who isnt logged in. Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Since the settings in defaults and mandatory windows affect all users of the computer, only a.
View 1 replies view related debian configuration error. It still allows me to open windows, but after i close it always says there are three updates to add and dont turn off until complete. You should run gconfedtior as the user not as root. While doing ssh use the option x to enable x11 forwarding. I was searching in varlogmessages for clues to another problem. This turned out to be because there was already a copy of gedit running on the system. Oracle linux version recommendation oracle community. Failed to contact configuration server on firefox start. None of the authentication protocols specified are supported. I just installed gedit after installing all the necessary packages on my brand new mac book pro running on os x snow leopard.
It is used primarily by developers to debug applications, or by power users to edit hidden and complex settings. I get the error when say using gedit etcfstab as root but if i use gedit as my regular user, no error. Why does gnome login fail with gconf error failed to. Gconfeditor is a discontinued utility for the gnome desktop environment used to maintain the old and now discontinued gnome registry gconf gconfeditor gives users the ability to access settings stored in the xmlbased gconf configuration database or registry.
After opening ssh connection to the remote host as explained. I powered the computer off and on and all i get is the following. Get the latest tutorials on sysadmin, linuxunix and open source topics via rssxml feed or weekly email newsletter. Connection refused failed to contact configuration server. This includes the key namespacesection itself, and any keys below it the behavior is identical to gconfenginenotifyadd, but while gconfenginenotifyadd places a notification request on the server for every notify. I type the following command on a centosrhel based remote host to get display on a local desktop. Ensure that the gconf daemon, gconfd2, is not running before you use this option. Ads are annoying but they help keep this website running. Gconfd watches out for changes to the database, and when. When i log off and then try the same thing the next day, i get this.
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