Re: [g-a-devel] Unable to run latest CVS snapshot of orca.

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

Sometimes if I have exited X abruptly and am having trouble logging back 
in to the desktop... I follow these steps:
1. log in as root to a safe shell
2. bonobo-slay
3. rm -rf /tmp/orbit*
4. exit

These seems to reset things.

D



Bill Haneman wrote:

> Answer is "yes", because at-spi-registryd has an open connection to 
> the X server and thus will exit if the Xserver dies.
>
> You are right about bonobo-activation-server sometimes hanging around 
> between logins.  I think the latter is a bug.
>
> Bill
>
> Willie Walker wrote:
>
> > Hi Bill:
> >
> > Is it the case that the AT-SPI registry will be guaranteed to quit
> > when you restart the X Server?  My hope has always been that the
> > answer is "yes," but I'm not sure this always is true -- I've run
> > into situations (I think) where bonobo activation and other
> > processes seem to just hang around and I need to either reboot or
> > go through a process of killing them one by one.
> >
> > Will
> >
> > On Dec 7, 2005, at 11:25 AM, Bill Haneman wrote:
> >
> > > Janina's right of course, just restarting the X server (or logging  
> > > out!) should have solved the problem.
> > >
> > > It's probably a good idea to log out and back in after replacing a  
> > > core component like the at-spi-registry anyway.
> > >
> > > best regards,
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka wrote:
> > >
> > > > Luke Yelavich writes:
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 12:53:12AM EST, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yikes - I've seen this before, and if I remember correctly,
> > > > > > it's because the AT-SPI Registry is corrupt.  Have you tried
> > > > > > rebooting?
> > > > > Yes that helped, thanks.
> > > >
> > > > For the record, wouldn't restarting X accomplish the same result? I'm
> > > > thinking Ctrl-Alt-Backspace?
> > > >
> > > > I'd hate to see our environment degrade to the primitive resolutions
> > > > employed in that other OS ...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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