Re: Launcher added to panel don't work

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

Sounds like your gconf setup is screwed up somehow - as a quick fix
(that will destroy your settings), remove the .gconf* directories.

On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 19:05, Riccardo Gusso wrote:
> Hello,
> I have this strange problem with gnome 2.2 in my debian/unstable linux
> box: launcher that I have added to the panel on the top of of the screen
> don't work, instead they completely block the gnome session, and I have
> to use ctrl+alt+del to kill it; the only launcher that works is the
> terminal one, that I have not added, but was already present. I have
> added them by right-clicking on the panel, then "Add to Panel" ->
> "Launcher from menu" and then for example Galeon. I have noticed that it
> happens only for one user in my linux box, another one that I have
> created to make a test has not this problem. So I tried to delete the
> .gnome, .gnome-desktop, .gnome2, .gnome_private and .gnome2_private of
> that user, but the problem is still present. From .xsession_errors I can
> read:
> 
> --
> Failed to give up lock on XML dir "/home/rick/.gconf": Failed to remove
> lock directory `/home/rick/.gconf/%gconf-xml-backend.lock': Directory
> not empty
> Bonobo accessibility support initialized
> GTK Accessibility Module initialized
> About to register application
> Application registered & listening
> Atk Accessibilty bridge initialized
> _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root
> SESSION_MANAGER=local/murena:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3337
> Bonobo accessibility support initialized
> GTK Accessibility Module initialized
> Bonobo accessibility support initialized
> GTK Accessibility Module initialized
> About to register application
> Application registered & listening
> Atk Accessibilty bridge initialized
> About to register application
>                                                                                                
> ** (gnome-panel:3391): WARNING **: Unable to load panel stock icon 'go'
>                                                                                                
> Application registered & listening
> Atk Accessibilty bridge initialized
> Unable to open desktop file
> file:///home/rick/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/frobate-0068845d76.desktop for panel launcher: Error reading file 'file:///home/rick/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/frobate-0068845d76.desktop': File not found
> Unable to open desktop file
> file:///home/rick/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/blah-00708d283e.desktop for panel launcher: Error reading file 'file:///home/rick/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/blah-00708d283e.desktop': File not found
> Unable to open desktop file
> file:///home/rick/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/eek-004881a271.desktop for panel launcher: Error reading file 'file:///home/rick/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/eek-004881a271.desktop': File not found
>                                                                                                
> (nautilus:3393): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from
> `FMIconContainer' to `GnomeCanvas'
>                                                                                                
> Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
> Bonobo accessibility support initialized
> GTK Accessibility Module initialized
> About to register application
> Application registered & listening
> Atk Accessibilty bridge initialized
> --
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Bye,
>                 Riccardo
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