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1. The problem
If I try and load 32 bit applications which require gconf (such as firefox and totem) I recieve the following error:
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://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for
information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session:
[b]Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-KnKGBcSHAp: Connection
refused[/b])
The last line of the error suggests it is something to do with dbus too. I can tell you that the plug was pulled from my pc hence the problem is most likely to be a stale nfs lock.
2. Attempt at a solution
I am new to ArchLinux and have searched how to resolve the stale nfs lock but find no clear instructions on how to do this. I was advised to change the permissions for ~/.dbus but this does not work.
3. Other details
Running 'sudo firefox' starts firefox fine.
I have no .gconf directory in /home !
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I fully support this problem. Have anybody got a solution?
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I'm not entirely sure, but here is what I would do:
1. Create a new user account and try to start firefox as that user.
2. are hal / dbus running (check with ps -ef |grep hal)
3. If 1. works and hal/dbus are running, log out and remove everything under /tmp owned by you , plus .dbus/session_bus/*.
Good ideas do not need lots of lies told about them in order to gain public acceptance.
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Put the following in your xinitrc:
if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
fi
I get this problem from time to time.
urxvtc / wmii / zsh / configs / onebluecat.net
Arch will not hold your hand
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Problem fixed by deleting the entire ~/.dbus folder.
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