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

[Paul Menzel]

retitle 648673 GConf Error in Emacs, Liferea, Evolution and others (D-BUS error)
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Am Montag, den 14.11.2011, 00:30 +0100 schrieb Vincent Lefevre:
> Package: gconf2
> Version: 3.2.3-1
> Severity: grave
> 
> 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.

        (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

        […]

        (evolution:9622): e-utils-WARNING **: GConf error:
          Der Konfigurationsserver konnte nicht kontaktiert werden: D-BUS-Fehler: Method "GetDefaultDatabase" with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.GConf.Server" doesn't exist

I hope people have `apt-listbugs` installed. I saw this bug but thought
Evolution will not be affected.

Evince also throws some errors but missing configuration data is not so
grave.

        GConf-Fehler: Der Konfigurationsserver konnte nicht kontaktiert werden: D-BUS-Fehler: Method "GetDefaultDatabase" with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.GConf.Server" doesn't exist

Luckily downgrading using the following command solved this issue for
me.

$ sudo aptitude install gconf2{,-common}=2.32.4-1 gir1.2-gconf-2.0=2.32.4-1 {gconf-defaults-service,libgconf2-4,libgconf2-dev}=2.32.4-1


Thanks,

Paul
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