Re: Gnome On Solaris Workspaces

[mattm <mattm wtc gov>]

Hi Laca and All,

Still having some problems with the Deskguide applet on Solaris (see below).
Here's the output from the command line:

> deskguide_applet
Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  serial 463 error_code 8 request_code 131 minor_code 3

> ldd /opt/gnome-1.4/bin/deskguide_applet
 libintl.so =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libintl.so
 libpanel_applet.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libpanel_applet.so.0
 libORBitCosNaming.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libORBitCosNaming.so.0
 libORBit.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libORBit.so.0
 libIIOP.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libIIOP.so.0
 libORBitutil.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libORBitutil.so.0
 libglib-1.2.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0
 libresolv.so.2 =>  /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2
 libnsl.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
 libsocket.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
 libm.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libm.so.1
 libdl.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
 libgnomeui.so.32 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgnomeui.so.32
 libart_lgpl.so.2 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libart_lgpl.so.2
 libgdk_imlib.so.1 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgdk_imlib.so.1
 libSM.so.6 =>  /usr/lib/libSM.so.6
 libICE.so.6 =>  /usr/lib/libICE.so.6
 libgtk-1.2.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
 libgdk-1.2.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0
 libgmodule-1.2.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgmodule-1.2.so.0
 libXext.so.0 =>  /usr/lib/libXext.so.0
 libX11.so.4 =>  /usr/lib/libX11.so.4
 libgnome.so.32 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgnome.so.32
 libgnomesupport.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgnomesupport.so.0
 libesd.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libesd.so.0
 librt.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/librt.so.1
 libaudiofile.so.0 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libaudiofile.so.0
 libdb.so =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libdb.so
 libgnorba.so.27 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgnorba.so.27
 libgdk_pixbuf.so.2 =>  /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/libgdk_pixbuf.so.2
 libc.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libc.so.1
 libmp.so.2 =>  /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
 libz.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libz.so.1
 libdga.so.1 =>  /usr/openwin/lib/libdga.so.1
 libaio.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libaio.so.1
 /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-5_10/lib/libc_psr.so.1


Any more ideas?

TIA, Matt


Laszlo PETER wrote:

> mattm wrote:
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I'm going to look into this per your suggestions.
> >
> > I'm seeing several shmget errors.
>
> Ahh... That's another common problem.
> The installer makes some changes to the shared memory kernel parameters
> in /etc/system (you need to reboot for the changes to take effect).
> Also, if you have other shared memory intensive apps running on your system
> (e.g. Oracle) you may need even more shared memory.
>
> Laca
>
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > Laszlo PETER wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > mattm wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've just installed Gnome 1.4 on Solaris 2.8 (Sparc version, not Intel).
> > > >
> > > > There are a couple of small problems (probably related). I am unable to
> > > > use the Workspaces tab on the Sawfish configuration tool (from within
> > > > the Gnome Control Center). When I select it (click on the tab), it
> > > > flashes very quickly with the expected display, then goes blank and
> > > > hangs the Control Center.
> > >
> > > I suggest to start the Control Center (gnomecc) from a terminal window so
> > > you can see the error messages.
> > >
> > > > Similarly, when I try to add a Desk Guide applet to the Panel, the
> > > > applet is displayed for just an instant, then goes away and an error
> > > > message asks if I want to try to "reload" the applet. When I  "reload"
> > > > the applet, it just does the same thing over and over.
> > >
> > > Again, you can run deskguide_applet from a terminal, or you can look for
> > > error messages in $HOME/.dt/sessionlogs/
> > >
> > > > Has anyone else seen, or overcome this problem?
> > >
> > > My personal guess would be that you have something in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> > > that conflicts with GNOME. Run ldd /opt/gnome-1.4/bin/deskguide_applet to
> > > find out what libraries it will try to use. Anything that is not in
> > > /usr/lib or /opt/gnome-1.4/lib is a problem.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Laca