Re: can't start gnome 0.20 panel in RH5.1

[Michael Schultheiss <raven1210 tcon net>]

I had the same problem - I believe it's caused by your hostname not being
in /etc/hosts or DNS - once I placed my hostname in /etc/hosts I was able
to start the panel without difficulty

At 02:26 AM 6/26/98 +0000, augenbau@erols.com wrote:
> I just installed RH5.1 along with the 
>nonsecurity errata. I then installed gnome v0.20 along with the 
>required support rpms. When I try to start the gnome panel I get the 
>following error message after the panel flashes on then off.
>
>debug: need old_cfg
>started applet, pid xxx
>address.cc:437 assertion failed
>Aborted (core dumped)
>
>* ERROR ** could not communicate with the panel
>
>I tried this in both 16 bit and 24 bit mode and had the same problem.
>I'm running XFREE with a matrox millenium 4MB card on a P133 system.
>
>Also, I installed the same software on my machine P166 at work 
>with different graphics card and it works fine.
> 
>Thanks for any help.
>Jeff
>
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>Jeffrey Augenbaum
>augenbau@erols.com
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