From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Hotbar 4.3.1.0; FunWebProducts; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Description of problem: A user has reported that he cannot use gnome-session to start up a gnome session. It used to work before until recently. The system (glue.badc.rl.ac.uk) is configured to have updates pushed from RHN, so suspect something crept in and failed over. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-session-2.2.2-3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.enter the command "gnome-session" Actual Results: a number of errors are reported: gnome-session:15256): Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkdraw.c: line 644 (gdk_draw_drawable:) assetion` src != NULL' failed (window manager warning: Failed to load theme "Bluecurve": line 230 character 28: Couldn't recognise the image file format for file '/usr/share/themes/Bluecurve/metacity-1/minimiz.png' A session window starts up but the usual RedHat icons (start, web browser,etc) at the bottom menu bar are not displayed. Expected Results: A normal gnome session window with a menu bar at the bottom showing the Start, Webbrowser, etc icons. Additional info:
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