Switching to tty2 and running "/usr/lib/libconf-2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2" produced a bunch of errors. One of which was that "/usr/local/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.default" could not be created.
Running: "sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.default" solved the issue for me.
The strange thing is that the computers where this wasn't an issue don't have "/usr/local/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.default" either.
Switching to tty2 and running "/usr/lib/ libconf- 2-4/gconf- sanity- check-2" produced a bunch of errors. One of which was that "/usr/local/ etc/gconf/ gconf.xml. default" could not be created.
Running: "sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/ etc/gconf/ gconf.xml. default" solved the issue for me.
The strange thing is that the computers where this wasn't an issue don't have "/usr/local/ etc/gconf/ gconf.xml. default" either.