--- GConf-2.18.0.1/gconf/gconftool.c.reload	2007-03-02 17:10:13.000000000 -0500

+++ GConf-2.18.0.1/gconf/gconftool.c	2007-03-13 02:21:29.000000000 -0400

@@ -3780,6 +3780,8 @@

       ++args;

     }

+  g_spawn_command_line_sync ("/usr/bin/killall -q -TERM " GCONF_SERVERDIR "/" GCONFD, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); 

+

   retval |= do_sync (conf);

   return retval;

 }