[KLUG Members] gconftool settings. :-(

[Adam Williams]

>>>In my quest to make Evolution run remotely, I'm starting to come to the
>>>conclusion that Evolution isn't compatible with Redhat 8.0 settings.
>>The gnome on RH is GNOME 2.0.x,  Evo is a 1.4.x application, so in part your
>>right.  That's why so many people on the evo list are whining about the GNOME 2
>>port bieng so very late.
>>Are you using gconftool-1 or gconftool-2 to make setting changes?
>I haven't actually made any changes yet, I'm changing things with
>gnome-control-center and seeing what changes by looking at the output 
>of "gconftool-? -R /" (redirecting to a file, running diff, etc.)
>I've looked at the outputs of both gconftool- 1 and 2.
>Comparing what really changes to what ximian.org says to change with
>gconftool (for the proxy server) is drastically different.

Are you using the instructions from 
http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/2.0/gconf-24.html
?

>>>Comparing what settings Evolution wants for a proxy server (or fonts)
>>>from the documentation I've found on ximian.com doesn't match what I
>>>have in my gconf database on Redhat 8.0 according to gconftool.  
>>>(they seem to have different paths)
>>Probably a gconftool 1 vs. 2 thing.
>Can I assume that 1 and 2 are two different databases?
>And Gnome 1.4 uses the gconftool-1 DB and Gnome 2.0 uses gconftool-2?

I believe that is true.  Diddling around I haven't been able to prove
it,  but floor level manipulation is a new thing to me.  Prior to real
recently the tools haven't been available.

>>>If I could find the settings evolution is reading, I could probably set
>>>them manually with gconftool.
>>I've got the evo source here, I'll take a look in there.

The code contains the following comments

gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"
gconftool --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host
"your-proxy-url"
gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080"

Is that what your doing?