After my upgrade vom jaunty to karmic beta via "update-manager -d" I got the error reported in this bug.
I changed permissions of /tmp with chmod 777 and it works again. :) Maybe this helps you! Further instructions, look at: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1061084 -- There is a problem with the configuration server. (/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269215 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs