This is a common problem here; it happens whenever NFS locking gets hosed. On 2/17/06, David A. Cobb <superbiskit@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Running Hoary, kernel-2.6.10-5-386, Gnome 2.10.0 > > A recent problem resulted in Gnome-Session hanging up after loading > Nautilus. Errors indicated "could not connect to gconf server." Not having > any better idea, I removed the ".gconf" and ".gnome2" and ".nautilus" > directories, forcing Gnome (I thought) to recreate things as though this was > my first login. > > That worked -- I could now complete the login, and I could rebuild my > desktop the way I wanted it. > HOWEVER, now Gnome doesn't save and restore my settings. Every restart is > from scratch. > > Could someone please suggest where I should look for this problem? > > TIA > -- > David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate > "By God's Grace, I am a Christian man; by my actions a great sinner." -- The > Way of a Pilgrim: R.French, Tr. > Free at last! Free at last! Using Linux, I'm FREE at last! > Life is too short to tolerate crappy software! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > > > -- Wine for Windows ISVs: http://kegel.com/wine/isv _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
