gnome-help-browser dumps core

[Jean-Luc Manigat <jmanig CAM ORG>]

Hi all, sorry if this is a FAQ, but I took a look at your archives and 
couldn't find it.

I tried starting up gnome-help-browser from the panel, and nothing
happened. Then I tried starting it up from the command line, and this
is what happened:

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terra:~% gnome-help-browser
Unable to connect to server port 35091
zsh: abort (core dumped)  gnome-help-browser
terra:~% gdb !:0 core
gdb gnome-help-browser core
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warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
Core was generated by `gnome-help-browser'.
Program terminated with signal 6, IOT trap/Abort.

[skipping symbol reading stuff]

#0  0x403f7741 in __kill ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x403f7741 in __kill ()
#1  0x4042518d in gsignal ()
#2  0x40329012 in g_log (log_domain=0x0, log_level=G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 
    format=0x40371ad4 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)")
    at gmessages.c:349
#3  0x4035705c in ORBit_free (mem=0x40340dac, free_strings=1 '\001')
    at allocators.c:112
#4  0x4036b60b in CORBA_free (storage=0x40340dac) at orbit.c:298
#5  0x403714c6 in ORBit_demarshal_any (buf=0x816cf10, retval=0xbffff388, 
    dup_strings=1, orb=0x80a5c78) at corba_any.c:670
#6  0x40360bac in ORBit_handle_exception (rb=0x816cf10, ev=0xbffff4bc, 
    user_exceptions=0x40347980, orb=0x80a5c78) at env.c:271
#7  0x40343de4 in CosNaming_NamingContext_resolve (_obj=0x8158994, 
    n=0xbffff420, ev=0xbffff4bc) at CosNaming-stubs.c:478
#8  0x4033c78c in gnome_register_corba_server (name_server=0x8158994, 
    server=0x8158968, name=0x808ea7e "help-browser", kind=0x808ea77 "object", 
    ev=0xbffff4bc) at orbitgtk.c:424
#9  0x8054907 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff8ec) at gnome-help-browser.c:244
#10 0x8053fbb in ___crt_dummy__ ()

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My system is a P100 running a "modified" Slackware 3.1, with
libc5.3.12 (and gettext-0.10 for internationalisation). I compiled
GNOME from the 11/17/98 snapshots.

Thanks for your help,

JL