diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index d8c72d3a9..aadc4cd61 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	last file, last export, then home folders. 
 	(NewNativeDbPrompter): Try last file, last import, last export folders, 
 	then fall back to home.
+	* src/data/Makefile.am: Kill gconfd using SIGTERM -- HUP did not work.
 
 2004-08-23  Tim Waugh  <twaugh@redhat.com>
 	* install-sh: Removed this generated file.
diff --git a/gramps2/src/data/Makefile.am b/gramps2/src/data/Makefile.am
index 98206deb5..84d22cc9a 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/gramps2/src/data/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ install-schemas:
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_srcdir)/src/data/gramps.schemas $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/gconf/schemas
 	-GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=$(GCONF_SCHEMA_CONFIG_SOURCE) \
 		gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule $(top_srcdir)/src/data/gramps.schemas
-	-pkill -HUP gconfd
+	-pkill gconfd
 
 install-data-local:    install-schemas
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/share/applications