Bug#576617: libgconf2-4: gconfd-2 enters infinite loop, preventing other apps from starting forever

[Josselin Mouette]

severity 576617 important
thanks

Le mardi 06 avril 2010 à 00:35 +0200, Helge Hafting a écrit :
> Programs that uses gconf, such as icedove and iceweasel, fail to start up.
> When I start them, gconfd-2 uses 100% cpu forever, and so does the iceweasel/icedove
> processes. No windows appear, ever.

Does it only happen with Mozilla programs, or with all programs using
GConf? Try for example gcalctool.

Is the session D-bus daemon correctly started? If not, does running
"dbus-launch iceweasel" work better than just "iceweasel"?

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