Description of Problem:
When activate the clock applet with seconds and 
date options, every 2 or 3 seconds, the disk is 
accessed ( in my laptop this makes noise ) until 
the user logout from is gnome session, making 
that gdconf-2 stay in the #1 or #2 of top's 
processes all the time, and ( probably not only 
by clock applet ) but gconfd-2 begins to get 
memory, having 6Mb at first and having 44Mb some 
hours after.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. RedHat80 without modified or updated packages
2. In a gnome session, add clock applet and 
format 24 hours, seconds and date
3. Follow the gconfd-2 process for a while, and 
see the HD led.

Actual Results:

Activity ( blocks written ) to disk every two 
seconds for all the live of the gnome session.
I know that isn't a big bug, but in a day, every 
2 seconds earing a laptop disk work, kills me :(
Expected Results:
Access to disk only one time

How often does this happen?

Always for any gnome session

Additional Information: