Description of problem: Installing the latest gnome-applets-2.16.0.1-13.fc6 from updates-testing causes major issues with the desktop. None of the gnome settings appear to load upon login. The desktop background doesn't load, the panel doesn't load, none of the applets load, no pager appears. There is no Fedora menu, and none of the hotkeys work (alt-f2, alt-tab, etc.) so this is a difficult situation to cope with. I had to navigate to /usr/bin with Nautilus in order to double click xterm to get a way to launch applications. The following dialog box pops up: Power Manager GConf schema installer error. battery_low_percentage cannot be zero After downgrading to gnome-applets-2.16.0.1-12.fc6, the problem goes away, but any accounts that had logged in with 2.16.0.1-13.fc6 installed have their gconf settings all pooched now, with the theme settings gone, no panel, no Fedora menu, etc. Deleting .gconf* fixes the issue, but of course all settings are back to defaults. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.16.0.1-13.fc6 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install gnome-applets-2.16.0.1-13.fc6 2. log into gnome with a brand new throw-away account 3. all desktop settings are gone, panel is gone, no pager or other applets Actual results: Desktop loads, but the theme is gone. There is no desktop background (black desktop), no gnome panel, no pager, no panel applets. The following dialog box pops up: Power Manager GConf schema installer error. battery_low_percentage cannot be zero Expected results: The desktop should be usable and the settings should not be all messed up. Additional info:
Hi Charles, Would you mind reconfirming that installing the updated gnome-applets package is the trigger for this bug? I'm asking because I just looked through the diff of the last change of gnome-applets and it was only a one line change to an applet that's not normally in a users configuration. Were there any other updates at the time? control-center? GConf2?
I cannot reproduce this.
great to hear. Thanks.