> yes, i noticed that. we built the deb files on Shaw's system, which
> is bleeding edge potato. i took the cd we burned home and tried to
> install it on my very conservative (stable) home system and ran into
> a similar problem....
>
> it appears that gtk 1.2 and friends are only on the unstable branch.
This stuff is in a gnome staging area. I think the debs are on
ftp.gnome.org as well, but I don't think that part's ready yet.
Use this magic apt line:
deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink unstable main