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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225

Description of problem:
When starting the applet from the menu, the following error is thrown:

An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for
rhn-applet.  Some of your configuration settings may not work properly.

Clicking on the "Details" button reveals the following details.

Configuration server couldn't be contacted:
 CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD-OPERATION:1.0
Configuration server couldn't be contacted:
 CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD-OPERATION:1.0
Configuration server couldn't be contacted:
 CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD-OPERATION:1.0

Clicking on OK, allows the applet to continue in most cases, although the
task-bar icon is NOT able to started as a result of this error.

I get similar errors trying to run other redhat-config-* programs.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhn-applet-2.0.9-0.9.0.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Click in the "System Tools" and then "Redhat Network Alert Icon" shortcut menu.
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Actual Results:  see above

Expected Results:  launched the icon and rhn-applet

Additional info:

see above