I am trying to get Galeon working on my machine. When I run the application I get a message stating that it is not configured properly and to go to the Galeon FAQ. Upon doing this I find the solution to the problem as follows:

Edit the "path" file in the directory $sysconfdir/gconf/1.

A basic configuration for the default backend would look like:

xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory
include "$(HOME)/.gconf.path"
xml:readwrite:$(HOME)/.gconf
xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults

You can also take a look at $sysconfdir/gconf/1/path.example and in most cases you can simply move it to $sysconfdir/gconf/1/path. Be sure that
the path file can be read by all users.

Ensure you have a $sysconfdir/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults dir set up with the right permissions. In most cases you can run:

chmod -R 755 $sysconfdir/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults


When I try to do this I find that I don't have a directory called $sysconfdir. Can someone clue me in as to what I am supposed to be doing?

Its below /etc

$ locate /gconf/gconf.xml.defaults

/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/
blah blah blah
FWIW I had the same error messages and galeon would not start. When I upgraded using Ximian it worked again, though I think the error messages remained. (not sure, haven't used it in a while)

all the best,
Robert_L