galeon won't work with gconf 2.

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jefftang · Post by **jefftang** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:59 pm

When I have gconf-2.4.0.1 merged. (the only gconf 2 that will merge for me), galeon won't run, I get:

GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server (a likely cause of this is that you have an existing configuration server (gconfd) running, but it isn't reachable from here - if you're logged in from two machines at once, you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit)

I'm running galeon 1.2.11 and my USE flags are: usb mozsvg

Anyone know how I can make galeon 1.2 work with gconf 2? There are a bunch of packages which depend on it.

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:15 pm

jefftang,

You need to build mozilla against gtk2, then you can emerge galeon 1.3.9, which is the latest version. You need to add gtk2 to your use flags. (Note the health warning in ufed)

It looks like you have upgraded to Gnome 2.4.
I found out the hard way that the upgrade breaks Galeon 1.2.11.

Regards,

NeddySeagoon

jefftang · Post by **jefftang** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:52 pm

I tried galeon 1.3.9 for a while, but decided I liked 1.2 better. There's a whole bunch of stuff I can't set in the preferences anymore.

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:26 am

jefftang,

Yes, I've noticed that too. It looks like Gnome 2.4 is built with gtk2 so needs is apps built that way too.

I wonder if you can edit Galeons config file without using the GUI provided in the app?

Regards,

NeddySeagoon

ronmon · Post by **ronmon** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 1:15 pm

I had the same problem and found a not-so-elegant work around. Just put gconfd-1 in Startup Programs. You can find that in Desktop Preferences > Advanced > Sessions.

It ain't pretty, but you can still use galeon-1.2.x that way.

SkizoidMan · Post by **SkizoidMan** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:19 pm

ronmon wrote:I had the same problem and found a not-so-elegant work around. Just put gconfd-1 in Startup Programs. You can find that in Desktop Preferences > Advanced > Sessions.

It ain't pretty, but you can still use galeon-1.2.x that way.

This fixed it!
You are the man!

hetman · Post by **hetman** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:26 am

yeah thats a great way to fix it. thanks!
galeon is the best.

Jacksinsomnia · Post by **Jacksinsomnia** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:06 pm

NeddySeagoon wrote:jefftang,

You need to build mozilla against gtk2, then you can emerge galeon 1.3.9, which is the latest version. You need to add gtk2 to your use flags. (Note the health warning in ufed)

It looks like you have upgraded to Gnome 2.4.
I found out the hard way that the upgrade breaks Galeon 1.2.11.

Regards,

NeddySeagoon

I'm having the same problem, but I can't figure out how to emerge galeon 1.3.9 the only version it shows in portage is 1.2.11

Stu L Tissimus · Post by **Stu L Tissimus** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:18 pm

You can just get rid of Galeon and emerge Epiphany, it is the new official browser for GNOME.

ronmon · Post by **ronmon** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:14 pm

To emerge 1.3.9 I think you will have to give the full path at first. After that it should automatically update to the 1.3.x branch.

Code: Select all

emerge /usr/portage/net-www/galeon/galeon-1.3.9.ebuild

It won't build against mozilla-1.5 (I tried it) so you will need a mozilla-1.4.x version built with gtk2 until galeon-1.3.10 comes out.

Not all of us like or want Epiphany. IMHO, Galeon is still better.

feardapenguin · Post by **feardapenguin** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:56 pm

You can force galeon onto moz-1.5 but keep in mind that this is not supported. I've had no problems with it yet.

See this link:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

ronmon · Post by **ronmon** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:08 pm

Okay, I had tried setting the mozilla snapshot to 1.5, not 1.5b. Maybe I'll give it a shot, but maybe I'll just wait a bit.