Bug#648673: gconf2: GConf Error in Emacs, Liferea, Evolution and others (D-BUS error)

[Gergely Nagy]

> Evolution does not find its configuration data either and throws error
> messages and starts with the new configuration dialog.
>
>         (evolution:9622): evolution-shell-WARNING **: Der Konfigurationsserver konnte nicht kontaktiert werden: D-BUS-Fehler: Method "GetDefaultDatabase" with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.GConf.Server" doesn't exist

gnome-shell (3.0) throws similar warnings, and refuses to start after
upgrading gconf from 2.32.4 to 3.2.3.

I suppose, pretty much everything that touches gconf breaks in similar
ways.

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