Re: [Synaptic-devel] gtk failure for synaptic.

[Roy F. Cabaniss]

On Sunday 03 October 2004 14:14, Leendert Meyer wrote:
> On Sunday 03 October 2004 19:33, Roy F. Cabaniss wrote:
> > I keep getting a gtk failure when trying to use synaptic.
> >
> > -- (synaptic:6910): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1827
> > (gtk_widget_hide): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
> >
> > using suse 9.1  (64 bit) I got apt and synaptic from suser-rbos on the
> > gwdg site.  rpm'd them.  I have been doing the "xhost +localhost" bit for
> > display but something isn't right (obviously).  I have anything I thought
> > might be useful from the suse distribution disks in the gtk area
> > including gtk2  but obviously something is not compatible here.
> >
> >
> > It is probably pretty obvious.  Ideas/help?
> >
> > I have used apt and synaptic for quite a while on the 32 bit  platform
> > but the 64 bit is evidently enough different that something is whacked in
> > my setup.
>
> I do not have experience with 64 bit, so this is a bit of a shot in the
> dark:
>
> A few days ago I had a problem with the db package. Turns out that there
> are two versions of glibc and db: i586 and i686. My glibc was the i586
> version and the db was the i686 version, a wrong combination. Removing the
> i686 db package and installing the i586 one solved my problem.
>
> Another shot: open a root konsole via <Alt>-<F2> with:
>

nope same problem (I get a seg fault also when I try this)

>   kdesu konsole
>
> and start synaptic from there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leen
>
>
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Dr. Roy F. Cabaniss
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University of Arkansas Monticello