Since 6 days when starting gnome, I have an error message saying that gnome can't start preferences manager and that it will try to start it next time. It failed also to load applets ( desktop switcher, ... ) except the clock. window border/icon can be set but not the control. preferences:/// in nautilus works correctly except the fact that PGP applet doesn't have the right icon but start correctly.
I remove ~/.gnome* ( i.e .gnome, .gnome2, .gnome-private, .gnome-desktop ) and ~/.gconf* ( i.e .gconf & .gconfd ) inside and outside of gnome, but nothing. With a clean new user gnome start fine and the only pb is desktop icons ( horizontal alignement and overlapping ). There seems to have a pb during upgrade ... it's only since gnome beta that seems start to be wrong ... list of gnome* and gtk* packages : [EMAIL PROTECTED] admin]$ rpm -qa | grep gnome gnome-pim-1.4.9-2mdk libgnome-db0-0.2.96-9mdk gnome-user-docs-2.0.6-2mdk libgnomeprint15-0.37-4mdk libgnome2_0-2.4.0-1mdk gnome-find-1.0.2-5mdk gnome-db2.0-0.91.0-1mdk gnome-control-center-2.3.5-1mdk gnome-common-1.2.4-6mdk gnome-session-2.3.7-2mdk gstreamer-gnomevfs-0.6.3-2mdk libgnomecupsui-1.0_1-0.17-1mdk libgnomecups-0.1.6-1mdk gnome-themes-extras-0.3-2mdk gnome-terminal-2.3.2-2mdk gnome-cups-manager-0.17-1mdk gnome-system-monitor-2.3.1-1mdk libgnomeui2-2.3.7-1mdk gnome-applets-2.3.7-1mdk libgnome-desktop-2_2-2.3.7-2mdk gnome-python-bonobo-1.99.18-1mdk libgnomecanvas2_0-2.4.0-1mdk gnome2-2.4.0-2mdk galaxy-gnome-0.9.4-2mdk gnome-media-2.3.8-1mdk gnome-mime-data-2.3.2-1mdk gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.10-2mdk libgnome-db2.0_3-0.91.0-1mdk xine-gnomevfs-1-0.rc0.4mdk gnome-audio-extra-2.0.0-1mdk gnome-libs-1.4.2-7mdk gnome-audio-2.0.0-1mdk libgdk-pixbuf-gnomecanvas1-0.22.0-2mdk libgnomeprint-2.3.1-1mdk libgnomeprintui2-2_0-2.3.1-1mdk libgnomeui2_0-2.3.7-1mdk gnome-themes-2.3.4-1mdk gnome-python-1.99.18-1mdk libgnome-vfs2_0-2.3.8-2mdk libgnome2-2.4.0-1mdk gnome-desktop-2.3.7-2mdk gnome-vlc-0.6.2-5mdk gnome-utils-2.3.4-2mdk libgnome-window-settings1-2.3.5-1mdk gnome-print-0.37-4mdk gnome-tiles-1-7mdk gnome-spell-1.0.5-1mdk libgnomemm-1.2_9-1.2.4-2mdk libgnome-vfs0-1.0.5-10mdk libgnomeprint2-2_0-2.3.1-1mdk gnome-icon-theme-1.0.7-1mdk gnome-panel-2.3.7-2mdk gnome-python-gconf-1.99.18-1mdk gnome-alsamixer-0.9.4-1mdk gnome-vfs2-2.3.8-2mdk gnome-network-1.99.1-1mdk libgnome32-1.4.2-7mdk libglade-gnome0-0.17-9mdk libgnomecups-1.0_1-0.1.6-1mdk libgnome-db2.0_2-0.12.0-1mdk gnome-vfs-1.0.5-10mdk gnome-iconedit-1.2.0-12mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] admin]$ rpm -qa | grep gtk libgtkhtml1.1_3-1.1.10-4mdk libgtkhtml-3.0_1-3.0.2-2mdk gtklp-0.9p-1mdk gtksourceview-0.6.0-4mdk gtkam-0.1.11-0.dev1.5mdk libgtkhtml-3.0_2-3.0.8-1mdk pygtk-0.6.11-4mdk gtkdialogs-2.0-6mdk libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.2.3-2mdk libwxgtk2.4-2.4.1-3mdk gtk-engines2-2.2.0-4mdk libgtk+1.2-1.2.10-37mdk gtkhtml3.0-3.0.8-1mdk gtk-themes-1.0-10mdk pygtk2.0-1.99.18-2mdk libwxgtk2.5-2.5.0-0.cvs20030817.1mdk nautilus-gtkhtml-0.3.2-6mdk gtk-engines-0.12-8mdk gtkhtml-1.1.10-4mdk gocr-gtk-0.37-3mdk libgtk+2.0_0-2.2.3-2mdk libgtkmm1.2-1.2.10-6mdk gtk+mdk-0.1.6-14mdk libgtkspell0-2.0.3-4mdk libgtksourceview-1.0_0-0.6.0-4mdk gtk+2.0-2.2.3-2mdk libgtkhtml2_0-2.3.5-1mdk libgtkxmhtml1-1.4.2-7mdk libexif-gtk4-0.3.3-4mdk pygtk2.0-wrapper-1.99.18-2mdk