Re: [SLUG] does anyone know how to fix this

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Feb 22 2006 - 20:25:32 EST

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Robert Waldo wrote:

> I downloaded N-Vu (a web page utility) into my Fedora Core 4 server. The
> file name is "nvu-1.0-1.rhel4.fs.i386.rpm" and I manually installed it with:
> [root@localhost nvu]# rpm -Uvh nvu-1.0-1.rhel4.fs.i386.rpm
> Preparing... ###########################################
> [100%]
> 1:nvu ###########################################
> [100%]
>
> when I start nvu I get this:
> [root@localhost nvu]# nvu
>
> (nvu-bin:21529): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has
> wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
>
> The application starts but the root shell console stalls. Does anyone know
> how to fix this?

Does the graphical app act normally? And, is there a reason you're running
it as root? 

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