On a 3.03 system, running Ximian Evolution does bad things to gconfd.  It 
no longer runs the next time someone logs in.  There are also side-effects 
without gconfd.  They are not fatal.  For example, the CD player does not 
know how to retrieve song titles, etc.

I've looked on the web for a solution.  It is apparently a common 
situation, but I've not found a solution for it short of not running 
Evolution.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks! KEn