Package: panel
Version: 1.4.0.4
Severity: 

>Synopsis: Panel crashes on startup.  Segmentation fault.
>Class: sw-bug
System: AMD CPU 733 MHz, Red Hat Linux 7.2, Kernel 2.4.7.10.  Just upgraded glibc from Red Hat.

>Description:
Started Gnome from the Red Hat login window.  When it tried to start the Panel, it crashed with the message 'Application "panel" (process 1373) has crashed tue to a fatal error. (Segmentation fault.)'

>How-To-Repeat:
Start Linux in run level 5.  Get login window.  Log in as root (new system, no users yet).  Everything works fine.  Log out.  Reboot system.  Repeat, and Panel crashes.

I have been having this problem since installing Red Hat 7.2 on a new machine.  I have tried three video cards, and that makes no difference.  I have reinstalled RH 7.2 three times, and no difference.  During one of the installs, I defined real users, and the Panel crashed with them as well as root.

A couple of times, Gnome crashed before trying to start the Panel - with a competely blank screen.  In those cases, I couldn't even log into a system console (typed root, hit Enter, and no password prompt appeared).  I had to hit the power switch.

Also, I have tried the hard drive DMA off, but that doesn't make any difference.

Any advice or suggestions?  Thanks.




------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-11-10 13:04 -------

The original reporter (mike@mdodd.com) of this bug does not have an account here.
Reassigning to the exporter, unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org.
Reassigning to the default owner of the component, panel-maint@bugzilla.gnome.org.