[GRLUG] odd GNOME app behavior for one user but not another

[john-thomas richards]

On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 08:51:09PM -0500, Don Wood wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 15:00 -0500, john-thomas richards wrote:
> > My wife has a problem with a GNOME app (gnomesword) that I do not have
> > on the same machine.  When I am logged in the app runs just fine.  When
> > she tries to run it, she gets an error message that states, "The
> > Application 'gnomesword' has quit unexpectedly."  Nothing else.  When
> > she starts the app from a commandline, the only output from the app is
> > "Initiating GNOME session handler" and then another prompt (after the
> > GNOME dialog box is closed).  I deleted the subdirectory containing all
> > the gnomesword settings.  This is regenerated when gnomesword is run
> > for the "first" time (in that there are no prior settings).  The app
> > will not start.  Whenever I run it, it works just fine.  What really
> > puzzles me is that this is on the same machine.  Any ideas?
> 
> any files for this app in her home dir in .gnome2 or .gnome_private?

Yes, there is an entry in ~/.gnome2.  I renamed it and tried to run the
app again.  Same result.
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john-thomas
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