Gnome FC5 Error

[karlp at ourldsfamily.com]

On Mon, May 1, 2006 3:10 pm, Rick Stevens said:
> On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 19:09 -0600, Karl Pearson wrote:
>> I mentioned in a previous email some issues with running gnome-session
>> as my default X-win manager for FC5. The major problem it seems is when
>> I run gnome-terminal. I have tried xfce, which is quite nice but lacking
>> of some features I prefer. So, I'm back to KDE, which isn't a bad
>> alternative to Gnome.
>>
>> I use Lineakd for mapping my keyboard and I have a key assigned to
>> "gnome-terminal --geometry 80x60". Even in KDE when I use it, g-term
>> comes up but it remains black. So I ran it in konsole and here's the
>> error message:
>>
>> (gnome-terminal:7589): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_gc_get_colormap: assertion
>> `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed
>
> That's really not normal.  The last time I saw that sort of error was
> when the user's ~/.gnome* directories got whacked.

I started having problems with the KDE panels, plus the background image
wouldn't change. I removed kdesktoprc and that solved both issues.

>
>> I'm wondering if this is why gnome-panel dies, too, after gnome-terminal
>> fails to come up. I've CTRL-ALT F1 and logged in as root and killed
>> gnome-panel with no success. It starts back up, as it should, but
>> doesn't get displayed in X.
>
> Probably.

I'll give gnome a re-try after removing .gnome2 (?) Could gconf.d have any
issues?

>
>>
>> This is a show-stopper for me. I can't use FC5 without gnome-terminal
>> and other gnome apps. I have specific programming needs at work which
>> gnome-terminal meets flawlessly, when working. konsole is a poor
>> substitute, but can be used. xterm is preferrable but I've not learned
>> how to control CTRL-H vs DEL, etc.
>
> CTRL-H -> DEL is simple, "stty erase <press del key>"

Yes, that doesn't work... It's not that part of controlling Xterm that's a
problem. I run a program on login. I'd just like NOT to have to do that...
It's a minor issue, but having to run it everytime is annoying.

>
>> I hope this solveable Fedora folks listening? I'm on too many lists and
>> don't need another one, so don't plan to cross-post this to a fedora list.
>
> I don't recall, but was this an upgrade or a fresh install?  I now have
> two machines up on FC5, an Athlon-64 laptop with ATI graphics and an
> Athlon with nVidia (the nvidia thing was a right bitch to get working)
> but neither exhibit that problem.  Note that they were both fresh
> installs--not upgrades.  The laptop/ATI seems quite stable, the
> Athlon/nVidia hasn't been up long enough nor flogged hard enough for me
> to determine its stability yet.  It's running washing machine tests
> right now and I should know more tomorrow.

Tomorrow never comes, but let us know. This was a fresh install. I prefer
fresh installs, however usually save off the subdirectories in my home
directory, such as docs, media, pics, palm, etc.

Karl