[gentoo-user] gnome-2.16.3 - problems with the desktop not painting - no icons or wallpaper

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   I originally posted this on the AMD64 list when it happened to my
desktop machine. I've updated my son's machine to gnome-2.16.3 and now
have the same problem there. I've searched the forums to no avail.
Same with Bugzilla.

   The symptom is that when logging in the Gnome splash panel comes up
and says 3 things, the last being 'Nautilus' where the splash panel
hangs. The Gnome panel then comes up but the desktop doesn't paint so
you don't have icons or access to files left on the desktop. The
machine is otherwise functional. The menus work as does Ethernet,
etc., so I could call up Firefox and write this email.

   On my AMD64 machine I went back to 2.16.2 which didn't fix it so I
removed everything with gnome in the name and did an emerge -e world.
After that I emerged Gnome again and 2.16.2 is working. I am not
anxious to go thought that again on my son's machine so before I start
that process I figured I might write and see if anyone has some ideas
where to look.

   I don't see anything very strange in top while the splash panel is
up. Somewhere along the way the panel finishes waiting for whatever
it's waiting for, I see a flashing dialog window that cannot be read,
and then I have the desktop with nothing on it. Just the panel at the
bottom.

   Has anyone reading this list had a problem like this? Any solutions
or ideas where to look?

Thanks,
Mark
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