Bug#517870: applications under gnome cannot access files

[Ian Schindler]

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.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
(ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database
syste
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.22.2.1-2  utilities to configure the
GNOME d
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      2.22.2.1-2    GNOME settings daemon
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.22.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.7-18        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.2.1-5       simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.76-1        simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database
syste
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.6-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0          2.22.3-2      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime
file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-2    The GNOME 2 libraries (User
Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.11-4     The GTK+ graphical user
interface
ii  libice6                    2:1.0.4-1     X11 Inter-Client Exchange
library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.13-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA
ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.5-3      Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii  libsm6                     2:1.0.3-2     X11 Session Management library
ii  libwrap0                   7.6.q-16      Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers
libra
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.1.5-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.3-3     X11 authorisation library

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus-x11                      1.2.1-5    simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii  gnome-panel                   2.20.3-5   launcher and docking facility
for
ii  metacity                      1:2.22.0-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window
Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.20.0-7   file manager and graphical
shell f

Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.3      common files for the Debian
Deskto
ii  gnome-user-guide [gnome2-user 2.22.1-1   GNOME user's guide

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