[gentoo-user] Re: trouble with new gnome (~amd64)

[walt]

On 12/08/2010 06:16 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> walt<w41ter@×××××.com>  writes:
>
>> On 12/08/2010 04:50 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
>>> Yesterday many gnome-apps were updated to 2.32.
>>>
>>> There is a problem with evolution's addr book, but for me that is minor.
>>>
>>> However, the gnome panel doesn't work.  It starts, remains running,
>>> cannot be killed (even with -9) but does not display the panel.
>>
>> I agree with Keith, but I would also suggest starting with a completely
>> clean home directory, just as a test.
>>
>> The easiest way to do such a test is to create a new "test" user, so you
>> don't need to risk losing all the existing gnome settings in your regular
>> home directory.
>>
>> Create a new "test" user and then log in as "test", and see if you get
>> the same problem with the gnome panel.  My guess is that everything will
>> work normally, so you'll need to figure out what item in your regular
>> ~/gnome-related directories is causing the gnome panel to hang.
>
> Your guess was right!  I looked in .xsession-errors and checked for
> "failed".
>
> I found the following  msg many times
>
> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gnomebreakpad": libgnomebreakpad.so:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm still trying to find out who is looking for that library.  The new
version of bug-buddy no longer supplies that library, and when you run
bug-buddy from a command line it prints that error -- even though I can't
find any file on my machine that was linked to it.  Very annoying.

Anyway, if you're seeing that error it means that somebody is trying to
start bug-buddy, which is never a good sign.

You can move your gnome-related directories on at a time, if you want,
but I find it easier to keep a test user around for the same purpose.
Your choice.