GNOME has finally worked itself out and applets are running again. I'm posting the solution in case someone else runs into a similar problem... The GNOME packages create a symbolic link: /opt/gnome/etc --> ../../etc/opt/gnome. The link is supposed to point to the absolute path /etc/opt/gnome. This should work on most systems. But I tinkered with mine, and /opt is also a sym link to /usr/opt. So the relative path ends up being /usr/etc/opt/gnome, which doesn't exist. The applets look in /opt/gnome/etc/CORBA/servers (pointing to /usr/etc/opt/gnome/CORBA/servers) to find CORBA files. CORBA is how the applets talk to the panel or control center. Well, the directory doesn't exist, so CORBA fails. And the applet just dies. 'ln -sf /etc/opt/gnome /opt/gnome/etc' took care of the problem. Now the applets load without a hitch! -- Robert Wohlfarth rjwohlfar@bigfoot.com "My theory's right. Reality needs to be fixed." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/