Bug#334704: xfree86 update broke several gnome applets
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:08 +0200, Philippe wrote:
>
> since the update of 19/09/2005, when the gnome desktop environment
> starts, I get these error messages:
> The "Window List" applet appears to have died unexpectedly.
> Do you want to reload this applet?
> (if you choose not to reload it at this time you can always add it by
> right clicking on the panel and clicking on the Add to panel submenu)
>
> I also have this problem with "Workspace switcher" and "Show Desktop"
> applets. Moreover, it seems that applets load slower than before the
> update and sometimes I've got a problem with the gnome-terminal applet:
> I click on it, wait a few seconds with the "please wait" mouse pointer
> and nothing, and I can't run the gnome-terminal no more neither by
> the applet nor by the menu (nor by "run a command").
Why do you think this is related to xfree86? Problems like this are
usually caused by GNOME components. In particular, make sure that
there's no stray GNOME background processes from a previous session.
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