DATE ISSUED:
SOFTWARE BULLETIN:
RH-SWB-003
RELEASE LEVEL: RedHawk 5.1
EXPLANATION: The gnome
settings fail to initialize when booting to init 5.
This error results in the
gnome desktop failing to function properly and can be recognized when the usual
desktop wallpaper and or gnome panels do not appear.
You may see this error
message in one form or another, displayed as a dialog box:
An error occurred while
loading or saving configuration information for gnome-settings-daemon. Some of
your configuration settings may not work properly.
- OR -
GConf error: Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP
networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/
for information. (Details - 1: IOR file
'/tmp/gconfd-root/lock/ior' not opened successfully,
no gconfd
located: No such file or directory 2:IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-root/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or
directory)
The error is caused whenever
the gnome-settings-daemon fails to read the file: /tmp/gconfd-root/lock/ior
The reason for the failure
is not understood but is believed to be a bug in the
gnome-settings-daemon.
WORKAROUND:
1. Remove the /tmp/gconfd-root directory
rm -rf /tmp/gconfd-root
2. Drop to runlevel 3 then back to runlevel
5
init 3
init 5
A bug fix may or may not
appear in the future that will prevent this from happening. In the meantime, the workaround provided
above is sufficient to deal with the problem.