[SWLUG] Nautilus

[Peter (dsl)]

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> >  kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary:
>
> > (nautilus:2171): Eel-WARNING **: GConf error:
> >     Adding client to server's list failed, CORBA error:
> > IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COM
> > ksmserver: Fatal IO error: client killed
>
> From this (and it might just be the way you're posting the information),
> it looks as though Natutilus is being used inside of KDE.

Yes, it is.  You probably wrote this before seeing my last post.

>That to me is
> a little bit like chalk and cheese -- they just really don't want mix
> well together....

I agree.  I don't want Nautilus.  I don't use Nautilus.  I've never
knowingly started it.
(sound of gnashing teeth/skull against brick etc etc)

>If I were you, what I would do, is at the shell
> prompt (having logged in as a normal user), type:
>
> xinit
>
> when your little terminal loads, into that type:
>
> twm
>
> and from that (gorgeous) window manager, run (in a shell window):
>
> nautilus
>
> (or whatever it is called) and see if it loads OK then. If it does,
> we'll preceed from there. :)
>
> -- Thomas Adam

Thanks Thomas.  I've had enough tonight, though.  I'll try again tomorrow
evening.

Cheers

Peter