Rick Thomas wrote: > Package: gnome-desktop > The computer in question is an OldWorld PowerMac Apple Macintosh, > "Beige G3" tower. This problem only happens on this machine. It does > not occur on my G4 test box. > > I'd very much appreciate it if somebody else with a beige G3 would try > it and let me know if they see the same problem.
Sorry; don't have one. > However, after rebooting following the install, and logging in to > gnome, it seems to be repeatedly trying to start/re-start something > having to do with the appearance of the desktop. Things are very slow > Finally, after 30 seconds or a minute, I get a pop-up that says > > Question > The pannel encountered a problem while loading > "OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet". > > Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration? > [Don't delete] [Delete] > If I click [Delete] it goes back to wiggling, but the popup doesn't > reappear. > > After a couple of minutes of wiggling, I get a popup that says > > There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon > Some things such as themes, sounds, or background settings, may > not work correctly. > > The Settings Daemon restarted too many times > > The last error message was: > System Exception:IDL:Bonobo/GeneralError:1.0: > Child process did not give an error message, > unknown failure occurred. > > Gnome will try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you login. > [close] > > When I click [close] the wiggling stops and everything is (as far as I > can tell) normal until I log out > and try to login again. > > Anybody got a clue? Not really, but I'd suggest trying with a different (preferably newly-created) user (even root {shudder}). I'd also look for any gnome-related log files in /var/log and see if they provide any clue. I'd do an "aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade" to see if any newer packages solve the problem. I'd search the bug database and general Google for this issue. -- Kent West Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]