gnome-terminal fails to start

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Trying to run gnome-terminal fails with this error:

$ gnome-terminal Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-yGsTn9/:0". Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.

As far as I can tell dbus is running, but gconfd is not:

$ ps ax | grep dbus

51173 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /opt/local/bin/dbus-daemon --system --nofork

51242 ?? S 0:00.02 /opt/local/bin/dbus-daemon --nofork --session

The installed versions of the software are:

$ port installed gnome-terminal dbus gconf The following ports are currently installed:

dbus @1.2.12_5 (active)

gconf @2.26.2_0 (active)

gnome-terminal @2.26.1_0 (active)