Hello, I am install schema file as root with 
gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule. Just after that I run  
gconftool-2 --get /apps/application/key and gconftool tells me 
that there is no such key. Expected results - it will show me  
default value as described in schema. I've managed to run 
gconftool-2 --shutdown in order to make things work. 
 
The problem is hidden is markup backend in markup-tree.c. There is function  
load_dir which has cache - key "subdirs_loaded". This key doesn't updated 
after schema install. As a result application crashes, since it can't get 
default values.