Re: defunct processes in 2.23?

["Patryk Zawadzki" <patrys pld-linux org>]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Claudio Saavedra <csaavedra gnome org> wrote:
> I did some quick tests and it seems like the checks in GVFS's
> configure.ac for libhal_get_all_devices_with_properties succeed if you
> have installed libhal-dev 0.5.11 from your distro. Removing libhal-dev
> caused gvfs to disable the "fast init path" thing:
>
>  Use HAL for volume monitor:   yes (with fast init path: no)
>
> I guess that what happens otherwise, is that gvfs is linked against
> libhal in /opt/gnome-2.24 (currently 0.5.10), which doesn't have
> libhal_get_all_devices_with_properties, and then we have the resulting
> processes dying.

My system does not have hal 0.5.10 anywhere (I'm using 0.5.11) yet I
still get the zombie processes on login. I have 2.23 installed as my
main desktop, not via jhbuild or anything else (I package and install
GNOME 2.23 rpms as modules get released).

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Patryk Zawadzki
PLD Linux Distribution