Ubuntu
gconf package

/usr/lib/libconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256

Bug #269244 reported by propwashz
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Bug Description

I upgraded Intrepid last night(9/10/08).The upgrade finished,and said to reboot.I did.Then....on reboot,my gnome desktop never loads,gives a "/usr/lib/libconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" message.When I click "ok" on the message box,the computer hangs.
So..I reset the computer to force a reboot.When the error message ("/usr/lib....exited with status 256") I don't click ok, I ctrl-alt-F1 to get to the console.I installed Kubuntu from there (figuring it was a gnome problem).Reboot again.Change session to KDE. Try to log in. Starts loading KDE,then just exits back to login.No error,nothing.
So then,being desperate,I changed sessions again to E16-Gnome.Works like a charm.Log back out,change sessions to E16-KDE.It works like a charm too.Try Gnome again--hangs computer.Try KDE again--kicks back out to login screen with no error.
Intrepid has been running fine ,through all the updates since the first Alpha release---until now. Still runs fine with the E16-Gnome or E16-KDE sessions--just not Gnome or KDE.

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panticz.de (panticz.de) wrote :

Hi, try to reinstall gnome-panels, "sudo apt-get install gnome-panel", afther that i get the panels back.

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Thomas Hood (jdthood) wrote :

I had the same problem: after entering username and password the GUI hung with an empty brown desktop.

Installing gnome-panel fixed the problem for me.

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote :

Thankyou for taking the time to report this bug.
This bug is a duplicate of BUG #269215. Please leave any further information you have there, it is a confirmed bug so you need not make any more confirmations.
Please feel free to report any more bugs you may find and help make Ubuntu better.

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