On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:08:44 -0400 Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu <m3freak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > > I upgraded from FC3 to FC4, wiping everything except for my /home > and /usr/local paritions. Ever since the upgrade, I've had stability > problems with Gnome, and it's driving me batty. > > Here's a list of apps that are locking up: > > - Evolution > - Firefox > - BMP > - Gnome-Terminal > - Gnome Panels (can't click any launchers or access the Gnome menu) > > These were locking up, but haven't in the last couple of days (no idea > why): > > - Volume Applet > - Volume Control > > On top of the lockups, the amount time between them is all over the > place. Sometimes, right after I've restarted X, I open Evolution and it > locks up within 2 minutes. Other times, it runs happily for hours. The > other apps exhibit similar issues. > > Thinking that perhaps it was a use prefs problem, I backed up my home > directory, and deleted my user name. I added myself as a new user > again, and selectively moved data into the new home folder. The bits I > didn't move were .gconf* and .gnome*. For a little while, this appeared > to clear up the issue, but then lockups returned with a vengence. > > I went through the whole backup/recreate process again. This time, I > was even more selective and didn't move over my .evolution folder. I > recreated my email accounts, configured my preferences for Evolution, > and manually imported all mail. But, the random lockups remain. > > I'm quite frustrated at the moment because I had a perfectly stable, and > excellent FC3 system. I knew that FC4 had issues, but I wasn't aware of > any that would overly affect my day to day use of it. Man, was I wrong! > > Has anyone experienced similar problems? I've seen threads about > Firefox lockups and constant panel restarts. But, I haven't noticed > anything about the sound apps and Evolution. > > I'd be interested in hearing from anyone what their experience has been > so far. Also, if anyone can provide some suggestions on where I can > begin troubleshooting, that would be great. > > Note: > > - I haven't seen anything of interest in the logs > - the system is up-to-date, as of today > - a memory test will be performed shortly (but I doubt there's a > hardware problem) > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Ranbir I havn't experienced your type problems but I have had problems with nautilus. If I Logged out with nautilus window open when I logged in the next day nautilus would experience a statup failure. I did this on several days with sporadic results with the nautilus issuing a failure to start popup. I exited the nautilus window and then logged out and I havn't had the failure popup. -- Richard Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
