Cannot start some apps in Gnome.

Diego Barros yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:19:18 +1000


Hello Clint,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I tried adding a new user and not
luck. And also tried removing the Mozilla icon from the panel and
re-adding and that did not help. I'll continue searching the web see if
I can find a solution.

Cheers,
Diego

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com 
> [mailto:yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] 
> On Behalf Of Clinton C.MacDonald
> Sent: Monday, 22 September 2003 12:48 PM
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: Cannot start some apps in Gnome.
> 
> 
> Diego:
> 
> On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 07:33  PM, Diego Barros wrote:
> > I am having trouble starting some application in gnome. For 
> example, I
> > cannot start XMMS from the Gnome start menu, but I can 
> start it from 
> > the command line. Also when I click on the "Mozilla Web Browser" 
> > button in the panel, nothing happens. Is there something I 
> can do (see 
> > some log files etc) to help track the problem? Maybe it's a problem 
> > with gnome itself?
> 
> To test whether the problem is with Gnome or with just one 
> user, create 
> a new user and see if s/he has the same issues. If not, then you 
> "overconfigured" your Gnome environment. Right-click (or hit F12) on 
> the panel bar; you might be able to remove then re-add the offending 
> applications.
> 
> Sorry, this is the best I can come up with. :-(
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint
> 
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