Comment 19 for bug 981053

Note that I need to be able to have an empty DB so that I can have a site
one I create and an empty one for the machine owner, as in the suggested
config.
On Apr 16, 2012 7:33 AM, "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I have tried update but I do not recall in what order. I could find no
> documentation for it and I do not recall seeing it mentioned on the
> sysadmin's guide page mentioned.
> On Apr 16, 2012 7:31 AM, "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm frustrated that we have no time for delay and this information is in
>> the bug. When I create an empty .d directory and no file, I get told that
>> it cannot open the DB and an abort.
>> On Apr 16, 2012 7:25 AM, "Sebastien Bacher" <email address hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Thomas, why did you wrote "There is no way to create a non-zero binary
>>> database."? How did you try to create it?
>>>
>>> the "Key File Directories" section of the wiki Ryan pointed should cover
>>> that, did you try to create a "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/something", what
>>> did you put it in? Did you run "sudo dconf update" then? Do you get a
>>> file /etc/dconf/db/local in result?
>>>
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>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981053
>>>
>>> Title:
>>> Creating system dconf configuration crashes Unity greeter
>>>
>>> Status in A simple key-based configuration system:
>>> New
>>> Status in “d-conf” package in Ubuntu:
>>> Triaged
>>> Status in “d-conf” source package in Precise:
>>> Triaged
>>>
>>> Bug description:
>>> I'm trying to create a system dconf configuration, and it's causing
>>> lightdm to crash.
>>>
>>> In /etc/dconf/profile/user I have
>>> user-db:user
>>> system-db:local
>>> system-db:site
>>>
>>> Then I create empty files /etc/dconf/db/local and /etc/dconf/db/site.
>>>
>>> On start, lightdm crashes, and x-0-greeter.log has this:
>>>
>>> /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session: line 35: 5782
>>> Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) exec $@
>>>
>>> If I remove the system configs, it works fine.
>>>
>>> If I don't have the empty files in /etc/dconf/db, I get a warning that
>>> the local one can't be found, and then the crash (I don't get a
>>> warning about the site one).
>>>
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