Able to reproduce the in Karmic Alpha 2
(gconftool-2:6270): GConf-WARNING **: Failed to load source "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system": Failed: Could not make directory `/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system': Permission denied
Able to reproduce the in Karmic Alpha 2
(gconftool-2:6270): GConf-WARNING **: Failed to load source "xml:readonly: /etc/gconf/ gconf.xml. system" : Failed: Could not make directory `/etc/gconf/ gconf.xml. system' : Permission denied