On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:45:09 -0600 edwardsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gnome has been giving me mysterious problems. I am running a testing > amd64 installation (gnome 2.14). My install was very problematic. The > package that checks signatures debsig-verify wouldn't allow many > packages to install. When I removed it, the installation continued, > but had many holes that I had to fix manually. When gnome came up, > the top tool bar was sparsely populated. It did not have a main > applications menu. I have since installed one, along with many other > gnome packages. After this installation exercise, I rebooted and > gnome would not come up. The top and bottom toolbars would blink > maybe 10-15 times and then die. cntrl-alt-backspace would simply kill > the graphics screen, leading to removing and restarting gdm. When I > ran gnome in safemode, I recieved many OAF (object activation > framework) errors about the applets in my tool bar. When I installed > the liboaf-dev, I no longer received errors in the safemode and gnome > came up normally. However, when I tried to install the system monitor > applet, I received oaf errors again. Is there a known problem with > the system monitor applet? > > I should also point out that I installed many of the theme packages, > and that these have not shown up in the theme chooser. It seems that > I have an infirmed gnome installation. > > Art Edwards > > I would try the following: 1. Exit GNOME 2. Run 'apt-get install gnome-core' to ensure that all the essential GNOME packages and their dependencies are in place. 3. Delete the ~/.gnome*, ~/.gconf*, ~/.metacity, and ~/.nautilus directories. (This step will cause you to lose any customisation.) 4. Start GNOME again Any better? -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]