On 12/12/05, Wolfram Schroers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with gnome after installing it via the bundle-gnome
> package. When I launch gnome-session via .xinitrc, the window manager
> starts and I get the desktop. However, the applications menu to the
> upper left is completely empty and when I try to open any file it
> says "there is no application associated with ...".
>
> Furthermore, if I open a shell and launch "gnome-control-center"
> manually it either displays an error message that it couldn't open
> "preferences:///" or opens a Nautilus window which freezes and does
> nothing.
>
> The Fink FAQ tells me to install "yelp" manually. However, yelp was
> already installed automatically (I am pretty sure that I did not do
> this manually).
>
> Apparently, there are some preference files which are not properly
> installed. I have no idea what to put where, though. Is there any
> documentation apart from the /sw/share/doc tree?
>
> Thanks,
>         Wolfram
>
>

(Ummm...the FAQ for yelp says to install it to get the help system.)

If you installed GNOME from the unstable tree then this is a known
problem--the solution is being worked on.

--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/


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