Re: GNOME (slink) not working
On Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 03:48:29PM -0500, Chris Frost wrote:
> I just apt installed gnome (the actual packages told apt to grab are
> below), and apt didn't give a hint anything went wrong. However, when I
> try to open a gnome app (ie eeyes, gnomeicu, xchat, gnome-session, panel,
> etc) nothing happens. There is a bit of cpu usage/disk usage real quickly
> and then the box just sits there. Any ideas what might be causing this?
> (Btw, running i386 slink...)
>
> Here is what I told apt to grab and install (it installed more of course,
> but this might help): task-gnome-apps task-gnome-desktop task-gnome-net
> wmaker-gnome gmc gnumeric gnomeicu gtk-engines-gtkstep gtk-engines-metal and
> gtop. (I specifed specific apps because I wasn't sure if they were in the
> task packages, so I went ahead and specified them.) If it would help to
> see a log of the entire apt session I can post that too (I ran the install
> under script).
>
> thanks! (a /huge/ thanks!)
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Try 'strace gnome_program_name' and post a log to the mailing list
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