gconf

[Patrick Dupre]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Joachim Backes wrote:

> Patrick Dupre wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> After an update from fc7 to fc10, the first session of gnome
>> does not create properly the environment to start the gnome session.
>> In fact, after creating a user, and run startx for example, the
>> directory .gconf stays empty and this does not let start a gnome
>> environment.
>> 
>> How can I start the script to create this clear environment ?
>> Why is it not done it by default ?
>> 
>> The tools seems to be based on gconftool-2, how can I activate it ?
>
> Hi Patrick,
>
> I think, it's better to install and run gconf-editor, which is GUI based.
I do not think so,
1) to run gconf-editor, you need to have a session running.
2) I should have a minimum environment to run gconf-editor an effective 
way.
3) fedora should be able to create an effective initial gnome environment.

Regards.

>
> Regards
>
> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
>
>

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