on Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:31:38AM +0100, JG insinuated: > Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > every time i try to start galeon on this new install of mine (which is > > basically a clone of an old install on which galeon *was* working), i > > get the following gtk error dialog box: > > > > Cannot find a schema for galeon preferences. > > Check your gconf setup, look at galeon FAQ for > > more info > > > > i've moved all my setups in my homedir out of the way. i've > > apt-gotten removed --purged galeon and reinstalled it. i've looked at > > the relevant page of the galeon FAQ[1] and done everything it says. > > yet the error persists. > > > > can anyone help me out here? > > I guess you are using gnome2 from testing/unstable, but using galeon 1.2.x? > > Something strange is happening, it seems to be a bug somewhere > which prevents gconfd-1 to start automatically (as it should). See bugs > http://bugs.debian.org/216560, http://bugs.debian.org/216430 . > > My workaround is starting gconfd-1 by hand before launching galeon: > > $ gconfd-1 & > $ galeon & > > hope this helps,
it did! that's it exactly.
thanks,
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