(October release) control-center / GOAD / linuxppc problem

[Simon Stapleton <simon tufty co uk>]

Hi.

I've been using gnome quite happily for ages now - the version packaged
with linux/ppc 1999 (just past the 1.0 release, I think) has been 
performing splendidly.  However (there had to be a 'however', didn't 
there), I needed to move up to a later version in order to be able to 
compile up some software I needed, and frankly, I wanted to be up with 
the game again.  

So.  I downloaded the RPMS for the October release (gnome-core 1.0.53 et 
al) from the UK sunsite mirror of gnome.org. It all works pretty well, 
but the control center is failing to work.  Nary a configuration screen 
will grace my monitor.  Which means I've got the default 'sound on, 
background enabled' setup, and I can't change it.  Feck.  Especially as 
esd makes nasty graunching noises under ppc, and I like to have it turned 
well & truly off.

'Hmm', thought I.  Mebbes I've missed something.  Nope.  All RPMs 
grabbed, all installed.  So I grabbed the source for control-center and 
compiled it, uninstalled the RPMed version, installed my new version, 
tried that.  Same problem.   

'Hmmmmmm'.  Recompile with debug, pull out gdb. Nothing's crashing at 
least - it looks to be hanging somewhere.  I'm getting 'Unable to contact 
control-center' messages from the capplets.  

'Hmmmmmmmmm'. Gdb one of the capplets, it fails on trying to do something 
corba-ish to the control center.  Something about GOAD.  (I'm at work at 
the moment, so can't see the errors)  A similar error happens if I run up 
a second gnomecc in gdb - it sees the first one, tries to activate it and 
drops out at that point.  Same function being called.

Now I figger that the problem is to do with my gnorba setup, as nobody 
else seems to be screaming about this.  But I know feck all about gnorba, 
or corba, and can't afford to waste much more time trying to get this up 
& running. So.  Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Simon

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