Hi, gconfd-1 should not be running; if it is for some reason that could cause all sorts of problems. to restart gconfd generally just kill it, or gconftool-2 --shutdown is the more orderly equivalent. But should not be required. Havoc On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 08:42 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > This is on FC1, with GConf2-2.4.0-1. gconfd-2 appears to shut itself > down. How do I get it to restart? > > I can run "/usr/libexec/gconfd-2", and it appears to run: it is > present in a "ps" listing, and it has a lock file. > > However, I have a script that changes my desktop background every 24 > hours (http://www.charlescurley.com/wallpaper2.html). Gconf-editor > shows the last change, but the last change did not take effect on the > screen, and does not take effect when I restart gconfd. Similarly, if > I manually set the background, it fails to take effect. This leads me > to think I'm not using the right magic incantation. > > gconftool-2 -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /home/ccurley/Photos/www.jpl.nasa.gov/wallpaper/art/Europa_1280_1024.jpg > > [ccurley@charlesc Mail]$ ps aux | grep gconf > ccurley 15353 0.0 0.1 4504 988 ? S Sep18 0:00 /usr/bin/gconfd-1 27 > ccurley 23458 0.0 1.4 13220 7448 pts/2 S 08:01 0:00 gconf-editor > ccurley 23496 0.0 0.4 7816 2076 pts/2 S 08:19 0:00 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 > ccurley 23544 0.0 0.1 4508 588 pts/6 S 08:32 0:00 grep gconf > > Stopping gconfd-1 ("gconftool-1 --shutdown") and restarting it had no > effect. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
