Error launching gnome apps as root: "Failed to contact configuration server"

[Ricardo Veguilla]

On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 00:32 +0200, Colin Brace wrote:
> I am getting an error message launching gnome programs as root or 
> launching programs which require root access, such as the hardware browser:
> 
>   An error occurred while loading or saving configuration
>   information for gnome-network-preferences. Some of your
>   configuration settings may not work properly.
> 
> A second dialog box gives additional information:
> 
>   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: Input/output error 2: IOR file 
> '/tmp/gconfd-root/lock/ior'
>   not opened successfully, no gconfd located: Input/output error)
> 
> I took a look at the gnome.org page, but didn't find a clear answer. 
> Likewise, Google didn't return any helpful any information. The problem 
> developed after I used the Fedora installer upgrade my system from Core 
> 2 to Core 4. Anyone have any idea what is going on?

Try checking on Fedora's bugzilla at http://bugzilla.redhat.com
(Product: Fedora Component Gconf2) 
or Gnome bugzilla at http://bugzilla.gnome.org (Product: GConf).
 

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Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at gmail.com>