Are you using any 'exotic' fonts? Try switching the font settings in the GNOME
Control Centre to something ordinary, like Helvetica or Times. If that doesn't
do it, try the following.
Edit /etc/gconf/1/path. This is what mine looks like. You should be able to just
copy and paste this into your file:
# This file stores the addresses of config sources for GConf
# When a value is stored or requested, the sources are scanned from top to
# bottom, and the first one to have a value for the key (or the first one
# to be writeable) is used to load/store the data.
# See the GConf manual for details
# Look first in systemwide mandatory settings directory
# (commented out until xml backend knows how to be read-only for users)
xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory
# Now see where users want us to look - basically the user can stick
# arbitrary sources in a ~/.gconf.path file and they're inserted here
include "$(HOME)/.gconf.path"
# Give users a default storage location, ~/.gconf
xml:readwrite:$(HOME)/.gconf
# Finally, look at the systemwide defaults
# (commented out for now)
xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
Ensure you have a /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults dir set up
with the right permissions:
chmod -R 755 /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
Be sure you have no applications depending on GConf (e.g. Galeon 0.12+) running
and then run:
gconftool --shutdown
GConf will then restart when it is required.
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:56:02 -0400, "Charles A. Punch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I have had problems with Nautilus, so I used GMC for my desktop. I'm
> just curious about these error messages I get when I run nautilus from a
> terminal. Any ideas what kind of a can of worms I'm opening here?
>
>
> Eel-WARNING **: GConf error:
> Object Activation Framework error:
> OAF problem description: ''
>
> Gdk-WARNING **: Missing charsets in FontSet creation
>
>
> Gdk-WARNING **: ISO8859-1
>
>
> Gdk-WARNING **: ISO8859-1
>
> Segmentation fault
> [chal@localhost chal]$
>
> ShalomOut
>Chal
>
> Elder PCUSA
> Registered Linux user #21711
>
>
>
>
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>
> >Load gmc and look for the "desktop" section in its preferences. When
finished,
> >save your session in the way you would like GNOME to be whenever you load it
up.
> >You can run the command "save-session --gui" to do this.
> >
> >On 17 Sep 2001 10:52:59 -0400, Paul Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Will using gmc repopulate my desktop icons? How do I turn gmc desktop
> >>control on and off?
> >>
> >>Running gmc does not set desktop control on, right?
> >>
> >>-Paul Rodríguez
> >>
> >>On 18 Sep 2001 00:02:50 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 17 Sep 2001 09:21:35 -0400, Paul Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >>>
> After starting up Mandrake 8.0f2 in Gnome, I opened nautilus (from a
> terminal), and deselected "Use Nautilus to draw the desktop". This than
> made my screen blink for a second, and viola, handed control of the
> desktop back to the gdm. Fine, but where are my icons? Does anybody
> know how to repopulate a Gnome desktop with icons (i.e. trash and home)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Paul Rodríguez
>
> >>>"Use Nautilus to draw the desktop" means that Nautilus will manage what is
> >>>
> >on
> >
> >>>your desktop, including icons. You can either turn that back on, use GMC
> >>>
> >(the
> >
> >>>old GNOME default file manager) instead, or have nothing at all (as you
have
> >>>now).
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
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