GTK problems with FC2

[Rick Stevens]

Jason Charles Pinkney wrote:
> Dear Redhatters,
> 
> I upgraded my RH 7.3 to FC2 today.
> I think I have Xorg working because I
> can get a black screen with an "X" after
> I do an "Xorg " command.  And the X moves with
> my mouse.
> 
> But when I do "startx" I get:
>     /usr/bin/gnome-session: error while loading shared libraries: 
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0:
>     undefined symbol: g_type_class_add_private
> 
> I've google'd the above but havn't found the solution.
> The usual recommendation for such errors is to try
> re-installing the program.
> When I do
> # rpm -q --whatprovides libgtk-x11-2.0.so
> I get
>     no packages provides libgtk-x11-2.0.so

Try "rpm -qf /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0".  On FC1, you get:

[root at prophead root]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
gtk2-2.2.4-10

> Other sources said that gtk2-2.4.0-1.i386 (among others) should provide
> the above library.  So I've tried reinstalling gtk2--- like so:
> # rpm -ivh --force gtk2-2.4.0-1.i386.rpm
>   /etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or directory 
>   warning: gtk2-2.4.0-1.i386: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, Key ID 4f2a6f2d
>   g_module_open() failed for /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/
>   svg_loader.so: /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2: undefined symbol: 
> g_strsplit_set
> 
> Should I try ftping a new gtk rpm in case the one on my CD is flawed?
> (It passed the error checking.)

No, but the proper mechanism is an update, e.g "rpm -uvh --force".

You may also need new Gnome RPMs and stuff.  Before you go any
further, leave it in run level 3 and try "yum -y update" to make sure
the system is updated with the latest stuff.  You may find this fixes
the problem.
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