at-spi registry not working on my system at all

[John covici <covici ccs covici com>]

Hi.  I have a gentoo system using kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r4 and gnome
2.24 components and I cannot get at-spi registry to work on my system
at all.  The user in question definitely has accessibility enabled,
but here is the .xsession errors I get -- some of these are due to me
having to shutdown the X server, but otherwise here is the output.

/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent --
/usr/bin/seahorse-agent --execute gnome-session

(seahorse-agent:28193): atk-bridge-WARNING **: AT_SPI_REGISTRY was not
started at session startup.

(seahorse-agent:28193): atk-bridge-WARNING **: IOR not set.

(seahorse-agent:28193): atk-bridge-WARNING **: Could not locate
registry
Xlib:  extension "XEVIE" missing on display ":0.0".
SESSION_MANAGER=local/ccs.covici.com:/tmp/.ICE-unix/28193
** Message: another SSH agent is running at:
/tmp/ssh-dDtiV28193/agent.28193
1230985346.768587 Session manager: disconnected...
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file
/home/martin/.config/metacity/sessions/default0.ms: Failed to open
file '/home/martin/.config/metacity/sessions/default0.ms': No such
file or directory
Window manager warning: xserver doesn't have 'fixed' font.
03/01/2009 07:22:29 Autoprobing TCP port
03/01/2009 07:22:29 Autoprobing selected port 5900
03/01/2009 07:22:29 Advertising authentication type: 'No
Authentication' (1)
03/01/2009 07:22:29 Advertising security type: 'No Authentication' (1)
Failed to play sound: Sound disabled
Window manager warning: Could not create directory
'/home/martin/.config/metacity': No such file or directory
Window manager warning: Could not create directory
'/home/martin/.config/metacity/sessions': No such file or directory
Window manager warning: Could not open session file
'/home/martin/.config/metacity/sessions/27b81cf17-f5e7-461d-8600-51b2069c19d6.ms'
for writing: No such file
or directory

(gnome-panel:28270): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate():
attempt to allocate widget with width -5 and height 24
The program 'nautilus' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'.
  (Details: serial 201 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported
  asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()
   function.)
The application 'gnome-session' lost its connection to the display
:0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
The application 'vino-server' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
Window manager warning: Lost connection to the display ':0.0';
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the window manager.
The application 'gnome-panel' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
The application 'vino-server' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
Window manager warning: Could not find display for X display
0x9e4bb48, probably going to crash
Bug in window manager: IO error received for unknown display?
The application 'gnome-panel' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
The application '<unknown>' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
The application 'gnome-session' lost its connection to the display
:0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.

Another user of the system gdm-session will not start at all, although
no messages are given.

This has stumped me, so any assistance would be appreciated.

-- 
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         John Covici
         covici ccs covici com