[desktop-discuss] Vermillion b72 gnome-system-log crash [SOLVED]

[Gary Gendel]

Ok, I figured out how to back out the vermillion install to a point where it works, but it was a royal pain...

1) Got an installed package list (pkginfo -c GNOME2).
2) Reinstalled everything in the list.

This brought me to a new error starting up the gnome-settings-daemon.  This time it complained about missing symbols in libgstflac.so. I finally figured out that this was a new file in vermillion 72 that wasn't in snv_71. I removed these and the other libraries in that directory not in SUNWgnome-media and rebooted.

Everything seems to work again... Yay!

> I suspect that the NULL came from some garbage in the
> logs caused by a kernel panic. However, I upgraded to
> SXCE snv_71 and things are much worse. I get a
> popup:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> ------------
> There was an error starting the GNOME Settings
> Daemon
> 
> Some things, such as themes, sounds,or background
> settings may not work correctly.
> 
> The last error message was:
> 
> Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message
> bus)
> 
> GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon
> next time
> you log in.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------
> My assumption is that my vermillion installation got
> in the way.  So, my new question is how do I properly
> upgrade from the snv_71 disk so it backs out the
> vermillion installation completely? A fresh install
> would be very painful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary
 
 
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