Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:29:34 -0400 columbo <columbo@wowway.com> quoted:
To the List: Actually buying and installing ANY version of Linux is the major goal of all on this list, I hope! But, when a distro has problems, instead of just bad mouthing it, people should ask for help!!
But where and how can people "ask for help" ?
At about the time I updated from SuSE 9.2 to SuSE 9.3, all functions involving GNOME stopped working. The symptom common to all this is the error message (all on one line):
| symbol lookup error: /opt/gnome/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0: | undefined symbol: gtk_about_dialog_get_type
I posted my problem to this list. I got only one responder, who was able to clear a similar problem by re-installing Gtk. Well, I've reinstalled (from the 9.3 DVD) every package I can think of, and nothing helps. [I'm wondering if the 9.3 DVD I got is different from other people's. I ordered mine through SuSE.] I also emailed the developers, but got no answer.
I had my reasons for doing an upgrade of SuSE from 9.2 to 9.3. If I am forced to do a reinstall from scratch, I'm thinking of using another distribution than SuSE -- I'm THAT disappointed.
mikus
Freedom of choice is one of the beautiful things about Linux. Perhaps emailing a list more familiar with Gnome and it's inner workings would help you more then mailing a huge list with an immensely diverse range of interests. You mentioned you wrote the developers. Which developers? The Gnome developers? The SuSE developers? Which developers? The thing is, there IS someone out there who knows what this error message means, and simply because that person didn't see your needle in this haystack, doesn't mean they don't exist and help is not available. Try mailing a Gnome mailing list and see if you don't get better results. -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ jordan@viviotech.net