Question gconf error messages

Nobuko Fogarty <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:55:43 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.lib.gconf
Message-ID <CABB6y6D9f16iu9MNizHh9E8jbhDL1w8Emav_g5H3MktaWGOvsw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello,



I started receiving the following errors in my message log on RedHat 5 and
wonder if you could help me. We don=E2=80=99t use gconf but are still getti=
ng the
errors. How can I stop these errors from appearing?



Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): starting (version 2.14.0),
pid 22202 user 'nobody'

Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Failed to load source
"xml:readwrite://.gconf": Failed: Could not make directory `//.gconf':
Permission denied

Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration
source at position 0

Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration
source at position 1

Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): None of the resolved
addresses are writable; saving configuration settings will not be possible

Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): No writable config sources
successfully resolved, may not be able to save some configuration changes

Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Failed to open saved state
file: Failed: Failed to open gconfd logfile; won't be able to restore
listeners after gconfd shutdown (No such file or directory)

Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Failed to open saved state
file: Failed: Failed to open gconfd logfile; won't be able to restore
listeners after gconfd shutdown (No such file or directory)

Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): GConf server is not in use,
shutting down.

Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Could not open saved state
file '/.gconfd/saved_state.tmp' for writing: No such file or directory

Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Exiting





We have gnome-python2-gconf-2.16.0-1.fc6 installed.



This is the output of ps jaxwww | grep gconf

20863  2387  2386 20825 pts/0     2386 S+       0   0:00 grep gconf



This is the output of  gconf-sanity-check-2

-bash: gconf-sanity-check-2: command not found



Thank you very much for your help


Nobuko Fogarty

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hello,</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I started receiving the following errors in my messa=
ge log
on RedHat 5 and wonder if you could help me. We don=E2=80=99t use gconf but=
 are still
getting the errors. How can I stop these errors from appearing?</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): starti=
ng
(version 2.14.0), pid 22202 user &#39;nobody&#39;</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Failed=
 to load
source &quot;xml:readwrite://.gconf&quot;: Failed: Could not make directory
`//.gconf&#39;: Permission denied</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Resolv=
ed
address &quot;xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory&quot; to a read-o=
nly
configuration source at position 0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Resolv=
ed
address &quot;xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults&quot; to a read-on=
ly
configuration source at position 1</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): None o=
f the
resolved addresses are writable; saving configuration settings will not be
possible</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): No wri=
table
config sources successfully resolved, may not be able to save some
configuration changes</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:41:31 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Failed=
 to open
saved state file: Failed: Failed to open gconfd logfile; won&#39;t be able =
to
restore listeners after gconfd shutdown (No such file or directory)</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Failed=
 to open
saved state file: Failed: Failed to open gconfd logfile; won&#39;t be able =
to
restore listeners after gconfd shutdown (No such file or directory)</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): GConf =
server
is not in use, shutting down.</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Could =
not open
saved state file &#39;/.gconfd/saved_state.tmp&#39; for writing: No such fi=
le or
directory</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aug 18 21:42:01 online gconfd (nobody-22202): Exitin=
g</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">We have gnome-python2-gconf-2.16.0-1.fc6 installed.<=
/p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">This is the output of ps jaxwww | grep gconf</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">20863=C2=A0 2387=C2=A0 2386 20825 pts/0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0 2386 S+=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 0=C2=A0=C2=A0
0:00 grep gconf</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">This is the output of =C2=A0gconf-sanity-check-2</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">-bash: gconf-sanity-check-2: command not found</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thank you very much for your help</p><p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Nobuko Fogarty</p>
</div>

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