Bug#517870: applications under gnome cannot access files

[Josselin Mouette]

Le lundi 02 mars 2009 à 17:40 +0100, Ian Schindler a écrit :
> Package: gnome-session
> Version: 2.22.3-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> When running gnome, applications cannot access files.  
> For example if I start abiword and click on the menu 
> bar to open a file, the file browser flashes on the 
> screen then disappears, causing the application to 
> hang.  Similar behavior occurs when saving a file.  
> The problem is specific to this computer, but I don't 
> know how to fix it, and it would be nice if update 
> scripts looked for the problem and fixed it.  The work around
> I used was to switch to the afterstep window manager.

This is very imprecise, so I fail to see how I could help you.

Which applications are affected? Is the file chooser dialog only hidden
behind the main window, or does it not display at all?

Please send the output of this command: 
	gconftool -R /apps/metacity/general

Thanks,
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