Not sure how this crept in; 2.24.2 was fine. open_wr: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability unlink: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state open_wr: /root/.gconfd/saved_state.tmp Do you need the build log file? # emerge --info Portage 2.2_rc16 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.2.4, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.27-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r4-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T7100_@_1.80GHz-with-glibc2.0 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:21:02 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.4.6-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-ggdb -O2 -march=nocona -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sound/events /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-ggdb -O2 -march=nocona -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="buildpkg distlocks preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/gentoo/" LANG="en_CA.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa apache2 avahi berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam fbsplash firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gstreamer gtk hal iconv isdnlog java jpeg libnotify mad midi mikmod mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3support quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xulrunner xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authz_default authz_owner authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires file_cache filter headers log_config mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif so unique_id userdir vhost_alias" CAMERAS="canon" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="synaptics evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS # AfC
which version of gconf are you running ? totem 2.24.2 had a hack that wasn't necessary with gcon 2.24 but maybe it is for gconf 2.22.
(In reply to comment #1) > which version of gconf are you running ? Whatever the latest in Portage is; 2.24.0. AfC
actually this was already filled. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 243040 ***