Most apps won't start UPDATE

[Chris]

On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 20:19 -0400, Andrew M wrote:
> Try running digikam in a terminal.
> 
> Chris wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 20:11 -0400, Chris wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> I've had this problem on more then one Ubuntu and Kubuntu systems.  I'll
> >> go to start and application and it will attempt to start.  The task bar
> >> and bouncing cursor icon will indicate that the application is going to
> >> start, but nothing happens. Then the taskbar and bouncing cursor icon
> >> disappears and nothing happens.
> >>
> >> As an example I just plugged in a 512mb SD memory card to upload some
> >> pictures to this Kubuntu machine.  When the card was inserted in the
> >> card reader it promts me as to what to do.  I choose to open it in
> >> DigiKam. It open I uploaded the pics off the card to the PC.  An hour
> >> later I tried to open open the picture with DigiKam and it starts the
> >> load...and does nothing but bounce the cursor icon and show DigiKam in
> >> the taskbar...then it doesn't load and the task bar and cursor icon
> >> disappear.  This happens with some other application too.
> >>
> >> Any idea on how to fix this?
> >> Thanks guys,
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> > Ok I just noticed that if I load DigiKam first then open the picture in
> > it, it will run/load...but if I make DigiKam the default application for
> > picture viewing it doen't load.
> >
> > Also Beryl Manager application does exactly the same thing.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide.
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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Thanks Andrew,
That works, but I'm trying to make DigiKam my default photo application,
so when it's clicked on it simply loads DigiKam to view the photos.
I had this issue on another machine...but never tried to get to the
bottom of it.
Chris