GTK problems with FC2

[Jason Charles Pinkney]

> Dear Redhatters, 
>  
> I upgraded my RH 7.3 to 
FC2 today. 
> I think I have Xorg working because I 
> can get a black screen with an "X" after 
> I do an "Xorg " command.  And the X moves 
with 
> my mouse. 
> 
 > But when I do "startx" I get: 
>     /usr/bin/gnome-session: error while loading shared libraries:  
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: 
>     undefined symbol: 
g_type_class_add_private 
>  
> I've google'd the above but havn't found the solution. 
> The usual recommendation for such errors is to try 
> re-installing the program. 
> When I do 
> # rpm -q --whatprovides libgtk-x11-2.0.so > I get 
>     no packages provides libgtk-x11-2.0.so 
Try "rpm -qf /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0".  On FC1, 
you get: 
[root at prophead root]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 
gtk2-2.2.4-10 
> Other sources said that gtk2-2.4.0-1.i386 (among others) should 
provide 
> the above library.  
So I've tried reinstalling gtk2--- like so: 
> # rpm -ivh --force gtk2-2.4.0-1.i386.rpm 
>   /etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or directory  
>   warning: gtk2-2.4.0-1.i386: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, Key ID 4f2a6f2d 
>   g_module_open() failed for /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/ 
>   svg_loader.so: /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2: undefined symbol:  
>   g_strsplit_set 
>  
> Should I try ftping a new gtk rpm in case the one on my CD is flawed? 
> (It passed the error checking.) 
No, but the proper mechanism is an 
update, e.g "rpm -uvh --force". You may also need new Gnome RPMs and 
stuff.  Before you go any further, leave it in run level 3 and try "yum 
-y update" to make sure the system is updated with the latest stuff.  
You may find this fixes the problem. 
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Dear Rick,
the "yum" suggestion was a good one (I hadn't used yum 
before).  I used "yum install [programname]" on gnome-session,
gtk2, pango, and xorg - all of the programs that I thought were
related to my problem.   But, amazingly, I get the same error message 
when I run startx. 

Other possible clues:
1. this was an upgrade not an install so it seems clear that some
  remnant of the old OS is interfering. 
2. When I do "X -xf86config /etc/X11/xorg.new.conf"
  I get an X-cursor that I can control with the mouse, but the 
  background is completely black.  Isn't this supposed to be a 
  TWM manager with at least one xterm window up?
3. The error message: 
   /etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or directory  
   appeared many times during the execution of yum.
 
Any other suggestions to fix my gnome-session problem?

thanks much for the help!
Jason Pinkney