I'm running RedHat 8.0. I managed to break gnome-panel, perhaps specifically the window switcher (pager). As a result when I startx, the panel crashes as it is being loaded with applets, etc. When I dismiss the crash dialog, the panel tries to load again and I'm caught in a gnome-panel crash loop, forcing me to stop the X server.
Oddly, both root and one user experience this problem, but not another user. I tried simply to remove ~/.gnome*, but when those files were regenerated, the problem persisted. For both reasons I believe the problem is deeper. My aim is to escape the loop either by recovering appropriate files from a backup or by manually editing a configuration file. I would rather uninstall and reinstall gnome-panel, for this leads me into a dependency hell. Is the pager a separate RPM application that I can uninstall and reinstall? Or is the pager built into gnome-panel? If a separate application, what gnome-panel script calls the pager so that I can run the panel without it? If the pager is built in to the gnome-panel, Where is gnome-panel called so that I can startx without a panel? Is there any source of information on gnome-panel that addresses such questions? Haines Brown -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
