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). -- Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla@xxxxxxxxx>
