I have posted this problem in the Gnome and the Debian users lists, and also on usenet. I have had no respose at all. Surely someone has some idea of what might be the problem? Since it has happens consistently each time I upgrade virgin Slink/Storm installs it must also have happened to others.
After upgrading (Storm Linux) Slink to Potato I have found that Gnome no longer displays the icons of my choice on the desktop. I get only the standard folder and document icons. If I try to change them I can go through the motions, but the new icon is not displayed on the desktop. My ~/.xsession-errors file shows a number of errors: Looking in .xrdb: Permission denied xrdb: can't open file '/etc/X11/Xresources/xbase-clients' SESSION_MANAGER=local/scgf:/tmp/.ICE-unix/774,tcp/scgf:1068 rm: cannot remove `/home/gsmh/.gnome//gmc-JMCr3a': No such file or directory GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to: No such user 1000. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkpixmap.c: line 97 (gtk_pixmap_new): assertion `val != NULL' failed. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 706 (gtk_container_add): assertion `widget != NULL' failed. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1434 (gtk_widget_show): assertion `widget != NULL' failed. subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for device ** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for "/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/Home directory" ** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for "/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/hda5" ** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for "/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/hda2" ** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for "/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/hdc1" ** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for "/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/Palm Pilot.desktop" ** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for "/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/TkDesk.desktop" ** WARNING **: Root window clicks will not work as no GNOME-compliant window manager could be found! I have no .xrdb (what is it?!), I use icewm-gnome as my WM and I have adjusted the permissions of /etc/X11/Xresources/xbase-clients. I am gsmh on my system which corresponds to 1000. What gives? Anyone else had this problem? I have upgraded a virgin Slink install three times now and each time I get the same problem. I have tried using Sawmill, so I doubt if it is WM related. Logging on a root displays the same problem too. Cheers. -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux 2000
