Re: Please help - It will only take a minute!

[Hamish <inertia iname com>]

Hi Daniel,

I originally posted my problem under the heading 'undefined symbol:
--bzero'. Here are the main details.

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I downloaded my most recent Gnome files from
http://www.gnome.org/start/getting_rh.shtml, no more than a couple of
hours after the Red Hat Labs April 14th update.

I have tried to install Gnome using 'rpm -Uvh *rpm' from my /tmp
directory and again using Glint under X. Both methods produce the same
results, which are as follows;

* During installation, I receive two notifications. 'Group UTMP does not
exist - Using root' & 'Cannot remove /usr/lib/mc/extfs - Directory not
empty'. I have had these same errors in previous releases. They did not
seem to effect Gnome or Enlightenment's ability to run, however they may
have been the source of some of the bugs I have previously encountered.

* Enlightenment works perfectly. I did have some problems, but I have
since downloaded Rasterman's personal version and all of the problems I
had with the Gnome version have been resolved.

* All of the plugin Gnome applications such as Gnotepad, Gnumeric,
Calendar, Games etc are working. Gnome Card does not, however it seems
to be the only exception here.

* Nothing under the Gnome 'Peripherals' configuration section on the
Enlightenment desktop right-click menu works. Nor anything within the
'Settings' section.

* Gnome Midnight Commander also does not work at all.

* GnoRPM installs and has partial functionality, in that it allows me to
verify packages, however it has prevented me from using RPM at all for
installation.

* If I try to run the Gnome Panel from an X-Term, I receive the
following error;

Error in loading shared libraries:/usr/lib/libIIOP.so.0: undefined
symbol: --bzero

* If I try to execute Gnome using the 'exec gnome-session' command, from
within any Window manager, including Enlightenment, I get a message
saying Enlightenment is not running and would I like it to re-write my
startup files so that it will run next time I start X. Whether I edit my
.xinitrc files myself, or allow Enlightenment to write them, I am still
left with the same message.

* In the above situation, I also receive numerous errors, identical to
the aforementioned Panel error, however they are specific to things like
sound events, that usually run automatically when Gnome starts.

I have tried installing Red Hat as a 'Workstation', a 'Server', a
'Custom' install (less all Gnome specific libraries) and as a 'Custom
Everything' install.

Once installed, I check to see that imlib-devel, gimp-devel and
gtk+-devel have been removed using the rpm -e command, as recommended on
the Gnome.org, Red Hat 5.x page. I also ensure that gsl-0.3b-4,
umb-scheme-3.2-7, guile-1.2-6, and xscreensaver-2.34-1 have been
installed from my RH5.2 CD.

I am running Linux on a 2.1G Quantum Bigfoot 5.25 series drive, on which
I have allocated 100M to Swap and 2G to Native, on a 200 MMX with 64M of
EDO RAM. I use an S3 Trio video card and an ESS1868 sound card, both of
which are detected without problems, as is my Logitech mouse. I have
been unable to configure PPP, however getting Gnome running is my first
priority.

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That's all I can think of, however if you require more detail, please
let me know.

Thank you very much for your offer of help Daniel. I really appreciate
it mate. :-)

Hamish

SoloCDM wrote:
> 
> Hamish wrote:
> 
> > I have been struggling with a problem for nearly 100 hours now and, to
> > say the least, I think I've put a lot of effort into trying to reach
> > some point of resolution.
> 
> ...snip...
> 
> What is the problem? Maybe I can help or direct you onto the right path.
> 
> *************************************************************************
> Signed,
> Daniel D. Munden
> 
> P.'S. Detailed Documentation(s) and Sample(s) are more than welcome.

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