Hmmm, and Googling for "cannot register existing type PkPangoFcFontMap" shows me this is a known bug, with apparently a work-around which I will try shortly. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504309 -- Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Butterfield > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:14 PM > To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. > Subject: RE: Remote Desktop terminates when > openingSystem>Preferences>Appearance > > Here is a clue; the following lines appear in /var/log/messages just > after I perform the GUI action that aborts the session. > > Note: all messages are from gnome-session[3573]: > > GLib-GObject-WARNING: cannot register existing type `PkPangoFcFontMap' > > GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT > (object_type)' failed > > GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' > failed -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines