Re: Unable to start gnome - help please!!!

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On 27 Jan, Pierre-Louis Vincent wrote:
> I already tried gnome 0.99.2 from RPMS and it worked just fine.
> But I just downloaded the latest rpms, 0.99.3, but i've problem starting 
> gnome. I use RedHat 5.2, and even on a clean install the problem persit. 
> Here it is : when i try to load it (by gnome-session or panel command in 
> .xinitrc), it tells me "UNABLE TO LOAD 
> /usr/share/pixmaps/pixname....png" and it does it for ALLthe pixs. Then 
> an error message in a gnome-dialog box tell me "Error loading default 
> set of icon...please check your install".
> Can someone help me please??thanks!
> 
Sounds like you did what I did, and skipped the -devel parts. It turns
out that imlib wasn't built correctly, and you need imlib-devel to
round things out. I did that, and am up and running.

Those were exactly my symptoms.

Dale Pontius