[Bug 383461] [NEW] gconf-sanity-check-2 exits with code 256 on Xorg start

[Michael Milligan]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: libgconf2-4

This is against Karmic Alpha 1.

After upgrading and rebooting, when Xorg started (via gdm), I got an
error dialog "/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with code
256" to which I clicked the Close button.  Display manager failed to
start (compiz), with some wierd error.  Running gconf-sanity-check-2
from a terminal complained that the configuration was in use, but I
continued and it gave a error "permission denied:
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system"... ah hah.

$ l -d /etc/gconf/*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 25  2006 /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 11:14 /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun  3 21:27 /etc/gconf/2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun  3 21:27 /etc/gconf/schemas
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun  3 23:06 /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system

Doing this fixed it.
$ sudo chmod go+rx /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system

Stopping and starting gdm and then logging in, everything seems fine.
So, I'm guessing there is a packaging issue with wrong permissions on
that directory when libgconf2-4 is installed/upgraded.

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


** Tags: karmic

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