GNUstep apps can't initialise backend

[Stephen Cornell]

Okay, I compiled the following versions of GNUstep: -make-1.2.1, -objc-1.2.0, 
-base-1.1.0, -gui-0.7.5, -xdps-0.7.5, -examples-0.9.2.  However, apps refuse 
to startup.  For instance:

[matt@torus ~]$ echo $PATH
/home/matt/GNUstep/Tools:/home/matt/GNUstep/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/GNUstep/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Local/Tools:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Local/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Local/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Network/Tools:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Network/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Network/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Tools:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Tools/ix86/linux-gnu:/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/matt/bin
[matt@torus ~]$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/home/matt/GNUstep/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/GNUstep/Library/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/GNUstep/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Local/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Local/Library/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/Local/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu:/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu
[matt@torus ~]$ echo $GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT
/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System
[matt@torus ~]$ cd ~/stuff/gnustep-examples-0.9.2/gui/Calculator/
[matt@torus ~]$  ldd 
~/stuff/GNUstep/System/Apps/GWorkspace.app/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu/GWorkspace
        libgnustep-gui.so.0 => 
/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu/libgnustep-gui.so.0
 
(0x40018000)
        libgnustep-base.so.1 => 
/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu/libgnustep-base.so.1
 
(0x402aa000)
        libobjc.so.1 => 
/home/matt/stuff/GNUstep/System/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu/libobjc.so.1 
(0x40481000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x404ab000)
        libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0x404ba000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/libm.so.6 (0x40557000)
        libgmp.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3 (0x4057a000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 (0x4059b000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x405b0000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x405b4000)
        libtiff.so.3 => /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 (0x406f1000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x40733000)
[matt@torus ~]$ openapp GWorkspace.app
Apr 25 13:02:08 GWorkspace[24019] No local time zone specified.
Apr 25 13:02:08 GWorkspace[24019] Using time zone with absolute offset 0.
Apr 25 13:02:08 GWorkspace[24019] NSApplication.m:190  Assertion failed in 
initialize_gnustep_backend.  Unable to load backend, aborting
Uncaught exception NSInternalInconsistencyException, reason: 
NSApplication.m:190  Assertion failed in initialize_gnustep_backend.  Unable 
to load backend, aborting

This is a Red Hat 7.2 system.  This is using the defailt compiler (gcc 
version 2.96 20000731); I've also tried compiling everything with egcs 
(egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)), with the same result

Any ideas?
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Stephen Cornell          cornell@zoo.cam.ac.uk         Tel/fax +44-1223-336644
University of Cambridge, Zoology Department, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE CB2 3EJ