Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:19:44 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Jan Henrik Sylvester" <me@janh.de> Cc: gnome-list freebsd <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: firefox3 error, gconf related on none gnome system Message-ID: <op.udm7e6c69aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <486AC31A.6050702@janh.de> References: <486A4D1C.7060106@janh.de> <op.udmhg2zs9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <486A6E50.5060301@janh.de> <486AC31A.6050702@janh.de>
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:51:54 -0500, Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de> wrote: >>>> Starting firefox3, I always get this annoying error: >>>> >>>> Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that >>>> you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS >>>> locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ > > Sorry for the fuss. I recompiled gconf2 and the error disappeared. > > Previously, I had gconf2 installed as a package from > ftp/packages-7-stable, now I did compile the same version myself. > > It might be the difference that the package has been build on pointyhat > or my system. > > Otherwise, it proves that my attempt to rid my 7-RELEASE system from > 7-STABLE packages that are incompatible failed: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-June/177553.html > gconf does not use any FBSD symbols that are not FBSD_1.0, but still > seems to be incompatible. > > Sorry again and thanks for you attempt to help! No problem and your report actually helps a bit. It looks like I will have to add autocheck of gconf dependency. If gconf exists and Firefox 3 will build with it without provide optional to disable it. Cheers, Mezz > Cheers, > Jan Henrik -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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