Thunderbird can't modify any gconf settings
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gconf (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Method "Set" with signature "s(is)" on interface "org.gnome.
Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Method "AddNotify" with signature "s" on interface "org.gnome.
Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Method "LookupExtended" with signature "ssb" on interface "org.gnome.
I upgraded to 11.10 and wanted to give Thunderbird a try. My experience so far hasn't been great because the app is giving errors all over the place whenever it tries to change them.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: thunderbird 7.0.1+build1+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
AddonCompatChec
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
BuildID: 20110929183320
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf8400000 irq 49'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,
Controls : 15
Simple ctrls : 12
Channel: release
Date: Tue Oct 18 11:48:38 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
IpRoute:
default via 10.1.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
10.1.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.1.1.5 metric 2
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
Plugins: pluginreg.dat isn't available
Prefs:
extensions.
network.
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=
RunningIncompat
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/27/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: COMPAL
dmi.bios.version: 1.13
dmi.board.name: IFL90
dmi.board.vendor: -
dmi.board.version: IFT00
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnCOMPAL:
dmi.product.name: N/A
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: -
Those errors are from gconf, and other applications have the same issue too. In any case, those errors aren't fatal, and the only thing that Thunderbird is using for gconf is proxy settings.