I managed to solve the Sphinx's riddle. I decided to do a clean installation. I thought all the files were removed, but I noticed C:\Documents and Settings\User\GNUstep still existed even after uninstalling. I deleted the folder and restarted, and the GUI applications started working.
Thank you for all your help. On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: > Those sound like some very odd problems. I'd have to think that there is > something on your system, like a virus scanner, that is preventing parts of > GNUstep from running. > > In the task manager, do you see the program "gdnc.exe" running when you > try to run a GNUstep app? If not, perhaps you could try running this by > itself to see if there is a reason it is not starting up. From the Shell, > type > > > gdnc --verbose --no-fork > > and see what it says. Perhaps also run some other GNUstep command line > programs to see if even basic stuff works, like > > defaults read > > It would also be good to keep this discussion on [email protected] so > more people can help solve the problem. > > On Feb 15, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did have another Mingw installed. I uninstalled it and tried running > ProjectCenter; didn't open. Then, I tried running it as an administrator > and I received these dialogue boxes. > > <ERROR.bmp> > > <ERROR2.bmp> > > On top of that, the Event Viewer contained 113 new events (which I have > attached). > The ProjectCenter sidebar does open; the windows usually stop responding > after being open for a while. > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, it's not that. I get those messages as well, but they don't affect >> how GNUstep runs. It must be something else on your system, such as a >> virus scanner that is affecting things. Do you have cygwin installed? >> That sometimes causes issues. >> >> >> On Feb 14, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Tried a /bin/rebase and it said the .dll's were skipped because they >> weren't rebasable. >> >> Could this problem have something to do with Registry Keys? I searched >> the Event Viewer log and some of the result mentioned the Registry Editor. >> >> >> http://forums.asp.net/t/641029.aspx?The+local+computer+may+not+have+the+necessary+registry+information+or+message+DLL+files+to+display+messages+from+a+remote+computer+ >> >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2009/08/27/sometimes-you-do-not-see-the-proper-event-description-of-sql-server-events-in-the-application-log.aspx >> >> >> http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/305919-windows-installer-keeps-popping-up/ >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I don't really know for sure, but one thing that could be wrong, since >>> it works fine on other peoples systems, is that you have one or more DLLs >>> that conflict with other DLLs on your system. It doesn't cause the exact >>> same issues, but it might be useful to rebase all the GNUstep dlls. It's >>> not installed with the GNUstep installation, but from a shell you can >>> install it: >>> >>> mingw-get install msys-dash >>> mingw-get install msys-rebase >>> >>> The readme for using rebaseall is here: >>> >>> >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Extension/rebase/rebase-4.0.1_1-1/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 11, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Gorm and SystemPreferences both show the same results in the Event >>> Viewer and with debugapp. >>> >>> <error.bmp> >>> (The readline error is just something to stop the beeping in mingw when >>> backspacing; the output was the same when I reverted back to the original >>> .inputrc file) >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Well, that doesn't give as much information as I had hoped. The log >>>> message is pretty normal - it just means that GNUstep is trying to create a >>>> window. But it at least shows that ProjectCenter is starting up (and has >>>> found all it's DLLs). Perhaps you could try debugapp again, but run it >>>> like this: >>>> >>>> run --GNU-Debug=dflt >>>> >>>> which should print out a little more information. Meanwhile, I'll try >>>> to see if there is something I can see in the source that might tell me >>>> what is going on. Sorry for all the problems. Window is a particularly >>>> difficult platform to understand. >>>> >>>> Have you tried starting Gorm and SystemPreferences as well and had the >>>> same problem? >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 11, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Event Type: Warning >>>> Event Source: ProjectCenter >>>> Event Category: None >>>> Event ID: 0 >>>> Date: 2/11/2014 >>>> Time: 4:21:59 PM >>>> User: N/A >>>> Computer: RILEYGANG >>>> Description: >>>> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ProjectCenter ) cannot >>>> be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry >>>> information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote >>>> computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this >>>> description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is >>>> part of the event: 2014-02-11 16:21:59.796 ProjectCenter[3428] screen >>>> 0:hdc: 65537 frame:top:0 left:0 right:1024 bottom:768 frame:x:0.000000 >>>> y:0.000000 w:1024.000000 h:768.000000 >>>> >>>> >>>> .<error.bmp> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can you check in the "Event Viewer" program to see what messages logs >>>>> are being sent? Perhaps that would give a clue why it is not working. >>>>> >>>>> You could also try to debug the program, if you have gnustep-devel >>>>> installed, you can open a shell and type >>>>> >>>>> debugapp ProjectCenter >>>>> run >>>>> >>>>> and it might tell you something (although even then some logs go only >>>>> to the Event Viewer not to the terminal.) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm sorry about all these addendum's. >>>>> >>>>> I think it's important to mention that the error messages are no >>>>> longer showing after I fiddled with the PATH. It still won't open though. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The PATH is set correctly, and all the DLLs are there. I tried >>>>>> opening ProjectCenter, and I still get the same result; it doesn't open. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Well this seems like a more unusual problem. Perhaps there is a >>>>>>> virus scanner that is preventing the installation to work correctly? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can you verify that the correct paths are set up? Start up the >>>>>>> GNUstep shell program and type >>>>>>> >>>>>>> echo $PATH >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You should see /GNUstep/System/Tools and /mingw/bin in the PATH. >>>>>>> Also type >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ls /GNUstep/System/Tools >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and verify that in fact the dlls are there (ProjectCenter-0.dll), >>>>>>> the libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll should be in /mingw/bin >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 5:59 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Addendum >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I repeated the process and received these two error messages >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <ERROR.bmp><ERROR2.bmp> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I uninstalled everything and installed them in that order. Still, >>>>>>>> nothing. The .exe shows up in the Task Manager, but vanishes without >>>>>>>> opening. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> That's odd, as I removed everything and then re-installed them on >>>>>>>>> my computer and it worked fine. Unless something got corrupted when I >>>>>>>>> uploaded them to the website. I guess I'll try that next. What I >>>>>>>>> did: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Install gnustep-msys-system-0.30.0 >>>>>>>>> Install gnustep-core-0.34.0 >>>>>>>>> Install gnustep-cauro-0.34.0 and make sure the "activate cairo" >>>>>>>>> box was checked >>>>>>>>> Install Gorm-1.2.20-2 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Then I went to the START menu and clicked on Gorm and it started >>>>>>>>> right up. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Feb 8, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > GNUstep version: Latest with NSIS installer >>>>>>>>> > OS: Windows XP >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Project Center and Gorm do not seem to open with the January 9th >>>>>>>>> update. The WinUX Theme is not active; Cairo backend is. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > <ProjectCenter.evt> > > >
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