Re: [gnome-db]0.2.90 tarballs

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

> > 
> Hi Rodrigo,
> 
> it gets even more strange!
> 
> I reinstalled libgda-0.2.90 and had the nice effect, that gda-test now
> 1.) works and 2.) on every call!?!?
> (You remember, with 0.2.10 it only worked at every second call). 
> The only thing I changed since the last unsuccessfull trial was the
> installation of the now gconf-1.0.3
>
yes, this problem was fixed when we switched to Bonobo. The problem was
in the tons of crappy ORBit code that was in the providers
initialization. I don't know exactly where it was, but well, it's now
fixed, since we just use simple BonoboGenericFactory, which make all the
initialization stuff for us.
 
> But gnomedb-fe still does not work. As I don't know how to debug a
> bonobo-controll with gdb, I inserted
>
just start gnomedb-fe, go to a terminal, and debug the running
gnomedb-components process (get its PID by looking at `ps -ax | grep
components`, and then run gdb with `gdb gnomedb-components $PID`).
When you are into gdb, just type "b open_connection_cb" and then "c". It
will run until it gets to the open_connection_cb).

> some output-statements in open_connection_cb and noticed, that 
> gnome_dialog_run(GNOME_DIALOG(dialog))
> doesn't return. It opens the second, empty dialog window and then hangs.
> 
> I also tried gasql-0.6-0.2.90. After inserting an
> oaf_init(argc, argv)
> between gnome_init_with_popt_table (...) and bonobo_init (...)
> I could start it, but it also didn't work.
> After trying to connect to a DB I got a dialog window with:
> Error: -1, Description: %s: An Error occured in the CORBA system.
>
yes, that seems the problem something weird with the CORBA setup. All
components seem to be found since you can press the 'Connect' button,
which is in a component. So, we should look for the problem in
bonobo/oaf/ORBit, I think. Just try to debug the gnomedb-components
process, and we'll see where it's hanging

> > are you also using Mandrake?
> 
> I use SuSE-Linux 7.1 with an old Kernel 2.2.16 because all newer kernels
> that I tested
> 2.2.17 ... 2.4.3 crash on my box. 
> All GNOME-libs are up-to-date, compiled from source tarballs with gcc
> 2.95.2 (the 'older' stuff)
> and with gcc 3.0 (the 'newer' stuff), I installed gcc 3.0 at Jun, 23. 2001.
> 
> Some ideas?
> 
> Perhaps the mixture of gcc 2.95.2 and gcc 3.0 compiled modules makes the
> trubble???
>
hmm, I don't know, but it may be. Also, you say all GNOME stuff is
compiled from sources, so it may be some missing library. Try to start
the components (gnomedb-components, gnomedb-mgr) and the front end from
a terminal and see what they output.

cheers
 
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