Ok, I upgraded back to Gnome 2.15 and used the fix in the link: $ sudo gconf-schemas --register /usr/share/gconf/schemas/*.schemas
This should probably be added to the gconf2.postinst to end further confusion. -- Configuration editor reports that no schema can be found since latest dapper updates https://launchpad.net/bugs/50150 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs