[Bug 491258] [NEW] Gnome configuration helper crashes (turns into zombie) when using SSHFS and long-distance/slow transfer of files

[David Gommeren]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gconf

On my system, whenever I use SSHFS to transfer files to a slow
connection, "gconf-helper" turns into a Zombie with the following
results:

- Starting Firefox complains:

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://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for
information. (Details -  1: Server ping error:
IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0)

- Gnome terminal doesn't start

- Gnome editor starts with default settings

- I need to reboot, logout/login or kill "gconfd-2" (which still causes
problems, because applications don't see other instances of themselves
running)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec  2 10:29:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libgconf2-4 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: gconf
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686

** Affects: gconf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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Gnome configuration helper crashes (turns into zombie) when using SSHFS and long-distance/slow transfer of files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491258
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