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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