[csw-users] Gnome 2.6 installation on NFS server

[Oscar del Rio]

Daniel K. Gebhart wrote:

>  I wanted to install gnome 2.6 on our system today. I copied the dtlogin
> files from the nfs server to all of the clients.
> 
> /usr/dt/config/C/Xresources.d/Xresources.CSWgnome
> /usr/dt/config/Xinitrc.CSWgnome
> /usr/dt/config/Xsession2.CSWgnome
> /usr/dt/config/Xsession.CSWgnome
> 
>  But when I try to login "Gnomde (CSW)" now, I'll get two errors. The
> first is a warning which tells me that there are other opened gnome
> sessions. The second is the one which tells me that I'll not be able to
> write to /opt/csw/* because its read-only (nfs). Is there already a
> solution for this problem?

I had the same problem, somehow gconf or something within gnome
does not line NFS (bug!)

You have to make a local copy, on every client, of the gconf
directories gconf.xml.defaults and gconf.xml.mandatory (about 15 MB)

Put them for instance in /etc/csw/gconf and make symlinks
from /opt/csw/etc/gconf

mkdir -p /etc/csw/gconf
cd /opt/csw/etc/gconf
tar cf - gconf.xml.defaults gconf.xml.mandatory | \
   (cd /etc/csw/gconf; tar xf -)
mv gconf.xml.defaults gconf.xml.defaults.CSW
ln -s /etc/csw/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
mv gconf.xml.mandatory gconf.xml.mandatory.CSW
ln -s /etc/csw/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory

Remember to update these files on the clients anytime you
upgrade gnome on the NFS server.