Re: Gnome2 fatal error

[mike <mike redtux demon co uk>]

On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 14:07, Keith Powell wrote:
> I have installed Gnome2  into SuSE8, using the SuSE apt-get application. It 
> downloaded and installed with no error messages, but won't run.
> 
> On starting, it loads and then I get the error message:
> 
> Application "gnome-settings-daemon" (process 993) has crashed due to a fatal 
> error (segmentation fault).
> 
> No folders will open, nor will the desktop shortcuts run. There are only a 
> very few applications listed in the main Gnome menu (all the main ones are 
> missing), and the "SuSE applications" sub-menu is empty.
> 
> Any ideas as to what can have happened, please, and how I can get Gnome2 to 
> run? 
> 
> Gnome1.4 runs OK. I just added "gnome2" as a new session.
What have you got in your gnome2 session?
Which prefix did gnome2 get installed in - /opt?
as a test add this to your ~/.bashrc

export PATH=/opt/gnome/bin:$PATH
export GNOME2_PATH=/opt/gnome/bin




> Many thanks
> 
> Keith
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