[Lvlug] installed ubuntu 9.10

[Sandy Armstrong]

The GConf problem is probably not a hardware issue.  Search Launchpad
(or google, which will just direct you to Launchpad) to find the
relevant bugs.  You're not the only one experiencing those GConf
errors (though it seems like the proposed fixes don't work for
everyone).

Cheers,
Sandy

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Michael Gossett <mjgossett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like failing hardware
>
> Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile
> On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Doug Nusbaum <dpaladin at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> nstalled 9.10 the other day on my Aspire5100 laptop.  Did it as an upgrade
>
> It is much improved over 8.10.  Faster in all ways.   A lot less memory
> leakage.  Swap memory stops at under 10% as opposed to 30% in 8.10  Also got
> wireless to work.   There was an issue with the screen  going into a flicker
> after combing back from sleep, but that hardly ever happens now.   Some
> combination of my using
>
> sudo /usr/share/acpi-support/screenblank
>
> and the system just not going to sleep on its own.
>
> I found the screenblank as a suggestion.   but not as a real solution
> I sometimes still get a flicker
>
> I do have a newly discovered problem with gedit.  The editor comes up but
> only after:
> doug at doug-laptop:~$  gedit
>
>
> GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes
> are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale
> NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for
> information. (Details -  1: Server ping error:
> IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0)
>
> the above message is repeated exactly 33 times  (determined by doing a
> search on the string, counting, and finally doing a search and replace and
> then having the system number the replacement.)  I wanted certainty and did
> not want anyone needing to look through all 33 messages.
>
>
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>
> So, anybody got any ideas.    What does gedit have to do with any of the
> nouns listed in the error message?
>
> thanks.
>
> One more thing.   On occasion my system fails to boot.  I mean it does not
> even get to any script on the black screen.   I have then been able to boot
> by using a live disk.  Even that may take more than one try.
> Has not happened in over a week, but still...
>
> Thanks
>
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