My experience with this bug has been after a clean install of 10.04. (Much of my preferences and previous files came from a 10.10 system though).
My /tmp directory has the appropriate permissions and I tried creating a directory as per post of this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1061084&page=4 I also reinstalled gdm. I created a new desktop user, and the error does not show for them. For me this isn't a crashed-and-burned system, just mildly infuriating. ** Attachment added: "xsession-errors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/577545/+attachment/2206706/+files/.xsession-errors -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577545 Title: "gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" on log in To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/577545/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs