[Setup-tool-hackers] Essential install problems (Assertionie.info.type failure)

[Tom Anderson <tanderson mail infonow com>]

Ouch... I tried to do the 'essential components' install using the 
Ximian Desktop installer so that I could add things at my convenience 
later.   But now I can't even run red-carpet (is there a command-line 
way to run it?) nor the installer.   I get the following error in the 
installer log file (after it dies)

installer-rpm-glibc2.1-i386: header.c:241: regionSwab: Assertion 
`ie.info.type >=0 && ie.info.type <=9' failed.

I also get the same message when trying to run red-carpet:

real-carpet: header.c:241: regionSwab: Assertion `ie.info.type >=0 && 
ie.info.type <=9' failed.

Another thing that's isscrewed up... the window manager doesn't want to 
draw the window decorations.   So the desktop is pretty useless right now.

Any ideas?   Thoughts on how I can get things working again?   What does 
that assertion mean?

~Tom


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