Re: [Nautilus-list] What happened?

[Jonathan Blandford <jrb redhat com>]

David Tabachnikov <captain bezeqint net> writes:

> On 21 Jul 2001 00:20:53 -0400, Michael Weichert wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Something very weird happened to my GNOME session today. I noticed that
> > included with Ximan GNOME 1.4 were many desktop backgrounds to choose
> > from, and so I had to try each one. So, I right clicked on my desktop
> > and clicked "Change Desktop Background." Gnomecc came up, as usual. I
> > selected the background image that I wanted, and clicked okay - then
> > CRASH! Gnomecc died unexpectingly. Now, I can't use the background
> > applet in Gnomecc. When I click on the capplet in the control center, it
> > freezes. I can't load it through Nautilus (right click on desktop) or by
> > gnomecc. Please, I could really use some help. :-(
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Michael Weichert
> > 
> 
> Just wait for a while, and it will unfreeze. I had the same problem a while ago. 
> Don't know why it's happening.

It's possible you have the esd bug.  Try starting esd, or updating to
esound in CVS.  If it is that bug, then this should fix it.

Thanks,
-Jonathan