I am brand new to Linux and I have installed Red Hat 7.2 Unleashed on 
Windows 2000 Pro.  The installation seems to go without a hitch as does 
the VMware Tools... All seems fine until I try to start the GNOME (which 
is required by the University at this point in our learning process).  I 
see my desktop with the little house (Home), compass (Start Here) and 
Trash can and then I get an error message.  "Application "Panel" (Process 
2040) has crashed due to a fatal error. (Segmentation fault).  That's as 
far as I can get... the GNOME doesn't finish loading.  I have to shutdown 
by right-clicking on my desktop (Due to GNOME not fully loading, I don't 
have the toolbar at the bottom of the window), selecting New Terminal and 
then issuing the shutdown -h now command.  The next time I try to load the 
GNOME, I get the same error except the process number changes.  One time 
it said 1269 and just now when I tried it again, it said the process 
number was 1290... the rest of the error message reads the same and the 
GNOME doesn't fully load.  When I issue the shutdown -h now command, there 
is warning reference of not being able to find the panel.  I have 
screenshots of the Error and of the warning.  I also have the directions 
that the University has provided for installing Red Hat 7.2 Unleashed. If 
anyone can please help me, I can send these screenshots and directions to 
you.  I see by what others have posted that it looks like some sort of log 
file is sent.  I have installed Linux as a guest operating system in 
VMware and am clueless where to find the log. 

I was able to open a new terminal and type Panel and it said it was unable 
to find the panel and was putting applet on first one.  I looked at the 
readme notes and believe I have version 1.4 of GNOME.  

Thank you for any help.

Krysti