On 8/13/07, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I successfully battled the expat problem (with Bo's help) and > revdep-rebuild reports no further need to recompile. > > But gnome seems badly broken. > > $HOME/.gnomerc-errors has one line > SESSION_MANAGER=local/ajglap:/tmp/.ICE-unix/7081 > > 1. (minor) gdm can't find the emergence theme, haven't tracked it > down since it is minor. > > 2. No apps seem to start. If I start e.g. gnucash from an xterm > the app puts up no window. Here is a ps listing > 10136 pts/0 S 0:00 gnucash bin > Similar results for other gnome apps > > 3. The panel doesn't appear on the screen, but it does for a root > login. > > I really could use some help > > I am thinking of trying to rebuild the world (emerge --emptytree > world). Am I correct in believing that this is not likely to make > things worse. For example emacs-22 and firefox-2.0.0.6 work fine now. > > thanks > allan > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >
I'm currently updating the world tree on my machine and I did run into the expat issue. Luckily, it was successfully resolved. I sincerely hope that I don't run into the same issues that you are. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
