Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2005-01-23 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Walter Landry wrote: As I mentioned in another message, I managed to get gnome-vfs working by removing all traces of gconfd. However, I have to do this periodically, because gconfd hangs around too long. If I run my program, then gconfd doesn't exit when the program exits. So when I exit cygwin

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2005-01-22 Thread Walter Landry
Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry wrote: Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry wrote: About the gconftool-2 postinstall script hangs: Is there an easy way to figure out why gconftool is hanging? I guess the problem is starting up gconfd-2.

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2005-01-04 Thread Walter Landry
Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry wrote: Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry wrote: About the gconftool-2 postinstall script hangs: Is there an easy way to figure out why gconftool is hanging? I guess the problem is starting up gconfd-2.

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2004-12-28 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Walter Landry wrote: Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry wrote: About the gconftool-2 postinstall script hangs: Is there an easy way to figure out why gconftool is hanging? I guess the problem is starting up gconfd-2. It fails if there is a stale

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2004-12-24 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Walter Landry wrote: Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry wrote: About the gconftool-2 postinstall script hangs: Is there an easy way to figure out why gconftool is hanging? I guess the problem is starting up gconfd-2. It fails if there is a stale /tmp/gconfd-USER directory

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2004-12-23 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Walter Landry wrote: About the gconftool-2 postinstall script hangs: Is there an easy way to figure out why gconftool is hanging? I guess the problem is starting up gconfd-2. It fails if there is a stale /tmp/gconfd-USER directory with files in it, look into /tmp if there is a directory

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2004-12-23 Thread Walter Landry
Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry wrote: About the gconftool-2 postinstall script hangs: Is there an easy way to figure out why gconftool is hanging? I guess the problem is starting up gconfd-2. It fails if there is a stale /tmp/gconfd-USER directory with files in

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2004-12-22 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hello Walter, Many thanks for this report this is actually the first feedback I receive at all for gnome-vfs;) Walter Landry wrote: Greetings, I have just installed cygwin yesterday, and I am having problems getting gnome-vfs to work. It always hangs in the postinstall. Looking at the script it

Re: gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2004-12-22 Thread Walter Landry
Gerrit P. Haase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Walter, Many thanks for this report this is actually the first feedback I receive at all for gnome-vfs;) Walter Landry wrote: Greetings, I have just installed cygwin yesterday, and I am having problems getting gnome-vfs to work. It

gnome-vfs problems with XP SP2

2004-12-21 Thread Walter Landry
Greetings, I have just installed cygwin yesterday, and I am having problems getting gnome-vfs to work. It always hangs in the postinstall. Looking at the script it is trying to execute (/etc/postinstall/gnome-vfs2.sh.done), it is trying to run gconftool-2. If I run that script manually, it also