Strangely, this sounds really close to the problem we had in november when bonobo was broken...
See this thread for the details : http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2002/debian-gtk-gnome-200211/msg00242.html As I don't run woody (but sid) I don't know if this is the problem but it may be related... Le mer 15/01/2003 � 21:37, smurfd a �crit : > Hey, i have a box running gnome 1.4 and Woody (r1). > I wanted to upgrade to Gnome 2, but still keep my woody. > > So i went to the http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html page and > added the korrect lines to sources.list > > Then i did a "apt-get update; apt-get install gnome". > Then i got the mentioned "Hang on splash screen" syndrome, so i killed > all gnome-related processes, and deleted the /tmp/orbit-<name> dir.. and > tried to start X again, but the same thing happened?? > (i have also tried doing a "apt-get dist-upgrade", but no luck) > > What do i do wrong? > > Regards > /smurfd > > > -- Alexis Sukrieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sukria.net ******************************************************** Debian/Linux enthusiast geek <http://www.debian.org> Gnome2 glad user/tuner/hacker <http://www.gnome.org> MyDynaWeb creator/developer <http://mydynaweb.net> ******************************************************** "There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't"

