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

[Josselin Mouette]

Le lundi 14 novembre 2011 à 09:34 +0100, Paul Menzel a écrit : 
> > After the gconf2 upgrade, I get the following error when I run Emacs:
> > 
> > GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Method "GetDefaultDatabase" with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.GConf.Server" doesn't exist
> > 
> > There doesn't seem to be any serious problem with Emacs, though.
> > 
> > Ditto with Liferea, but this is more serious, as the configuration
> > is not read.
> 
> Evolution does not find its configuration data either and throws error
> messages and starts with the new configuration dialog.

Have you tried logging out and in again? The upgrade cannot,
unfortunately, be conducted in a way that lets new applications in a
running session work correctly.

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