One starting point for you might be http://mail.gnome.org/archives/garnome-list/2003-February/msg00152.html Bruce Campbell wrote:
Afternoon,When trying to get garnome installed my system hangs at the "Building Font Cache" step. I have let it set for over 4 hours, without success. I have sat and watched it for about one hour and never noticed any HDD activity. I've tried this with and without X running, using "su", and/or loggin in as root.Current environment; RH 8, kernel 2.14.18-24.8.0 Anything else you need? Any help is welcome.Thanks!