severe gnome panel applets problems under FC1 after complete Up2date

["Volker S. Gierenz" <gierenz web de>]

Hello all,

I am running Fedora Core 1 on an ACER TM 290 laptop.
After complete up2date of my FC1 system (incl.  gnome libs and gnome 
panel) to the most recent version available for FC1 (2.4.x), I get 
rather severe problems with the gnome panel: all applets (incl. window 
switcher, battery applet etc.) are gone and can not be restored.
This happes also with a complete new user and therefore empty home 
directory.

When I try to add an applet to the panel I always get the following 
error window:

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The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_BattstatApplet"
Details: Child process did not give an error message, unknown failure 
occurred

Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?
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Does anyone have an idea what to do here, esp. since all minimized 
windows now disappear in the nirwana...

Thanks in advance!
Volker