On 04/13/2010 04:03 PM, Firmicus wrote:
Happens also without compiz, just latest gnome with metacity: starting "gnome-appearance-properties" yields "Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0." and X crashes. Not yet sure what's causing this.
F
I know that there is a conflict in older versions of gnome/metacity/gtk and the gstreamer-ugly plugin, but I don't think that is the problem with the current Arch package. I don't know what the issue is, but I can confirm the appearance-properties crash as well. On my system, it crashes, the bug reporting tool comes up, I send the bug in, and then I can continue to use the appearance tool without further problems. I can also confirm that this behavior occurs on Gnome 2.2 and the current arch version.
It appears to be related to some ancient and incompatible configuration settings under $HOME/.gconf/, because the problem disappeared after I renamed ~/.gconf and restarted gnome/metacity. I have not tracked this down further though: I just copied over the settings I really care for, and left the rest in a backup.
F
Ooh, Good information. I'll give it a go and see if I can get appearance working without the familiar bug reporting tool appearing. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com