Problems while upgrading to FC3

[michal at cvu.wustl.edu]

  I think we have problem with corrupted .gconf file.
  I don't have any clue how to fix it.

 Any suggestions are appreciate.

  Michal

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:23:20 -0600, Michal Lijowski
> <michal at cvu.wustl.edu> wrote:
>> I have upgraded from FC2 to FC3, but I have encountered problem
>> when logging as a user using Gnome.
>> When I login I get the message
>>
>> There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
>>
>> Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
>> correct
>> ly.
>>
>> The Settings Daemon restarted too many times.
>>
>> The last error message was:
>>
>> Child process did not give an error message, unknown failure occurred
>>
>> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log
>> in.
>>
>> The Main Menu does not work. When I left click it the whole panel blinks
>> and there is no menu. So, in order to logoff I had to do reboot.
>> I have followed http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-
>> November/msg01805.html, but this did not work when I logon again.
>>
>> If I logon as root, Gnome starts without problems.
>>
>> One more thing, when I invoke gedit as user I get the message
>>
>> gedit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0: undefined
>> symbol: xmlNewTextReaderFilename and gedit won't open.
>> When I am logon as root, gedit start with no problem.
>>
>> I can start KDE desktop as the user without any error messages.
>
> I have also have this problem on my last upgrade but finally fixed
> after fresh install...
> In last, I also can't run the progams such as setting program from the
> gnome panel even a root account was used.
>
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