xfce4 fails to start with gdkpixbuf errors

[L. Friedman]

I just built xfce4 from freshly checkedout cvs.  Everything built fine, 
and i've got the following entries at the bottom of my .xinitrc:
xfce-mcs-manager
xfwm4
xfce4 &
xfbd4
xfmouse4
exec xfdeskmenu

However when i try to use it (with KDM) nothing happens (i'm left 
sitting at a blank screen).  Looking in ~/.xsession-errors, i see the 
following:
** Message: scanning /home/netllama/.xfce4/settings/plugins/...
** Message: scanning /usr/local/lib/libxfce4mcs/settings/...
Failed to open file '/home/netllama/.xfce4/gtk.xml': No such file or 
directory
** Message: module gtk-theme 
(/usr/local/lib/libxfce4mcs/settings/gtk_theme_plugin.so) successfully 
loaded
Failed to open file '/home/netllama/.xfce4/gtk.xml': No such file or 
directory
Failed to open file '/home/netllama/.xfce4/keyboard.xml': No such file 
or directory
** Message: module keyboard 
(/usr/local/lib/libxfce4mcs/settings/keyboard_plugin.so) successfully loaded
Failed to open file '/home/netllama/.xfce4/gtk.xml': No such file or 
directory
Failed to open file '/home/netllama/.xfce4/mouse.xml': No such file or 
directory
** Message: module mouse 
(/usr/local/lib/libxfce4mcs/settings/mouse_plugin.so) successfully loaded
(xfce-mcs-manager:8512): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Can not open pixbuf 
loader module file '/usr/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders': No such file 
or directory

I don't have /usr/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders anywhere on my box, 
athough i do have /usr/local/lib/gdk-pixbuf/loaders/ with alot of 
various files.  Any suggestions on what may be wrong here?

thanks!


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L. Friedman                       	       netllama at linux-sxs.org
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