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
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