Re: problems with multiple panels being started

[Marcus Brubaker <spoon elpaso net>]

Well, I at one point experienced this same problem but that was before the
changes to the way session management was dealt with were made.  I haven't
had the same problems since.  I would check out the latest stuff from CVS
or jimpick.com or wait until the next tarball release...sorry that I can't
offer anything better.

On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Grant Likely wrote:

> Okay, I'm really frustrated right now.  I have yet to get -any- response
> to the trouble that I'm having with the panel.  Do I need to send this
> problem to the bug tracker?  Could somebody PLEASE write back either
> confirming that they see this behaviour, suggesting a fix, or suggesting
> somebody that I should contact.
> 
> Cheers,
> G.
> 
> Grant Likely wrote:
> > 
> > Has anybody seen this behaviour?  I'm still having problems
> > with the gnome panel, and nobody has offered any suggestions.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > G.
> > > I've noticed this problem over the last couple of releases
> > > of gnome.  When I start up gnome-session, it restarts all of
> > > the programs that were running during the last session,
> > > including the panel, but then it goes and starts up a second
> > > panel which interfers with the first.  However, it doesn't
> > > do this all the time.  It's as if there is a race condition
> > > on the starting of the second panel.  What am I doing wrong?
> > >
> > > Here's what I have done:
> > > I got the latest sources as of Feb 4
> > > Compiled them on RedHat 5.2
> > > deleted my old .gnome and .gnome_private dirs
> > > modified my .Xclients to look like this:
> > >    #!/bin/sh
> > >    icewm &
> > >    exec gnome-session
> > > started X and setup the panel the way I like it
> > >    (one edge panel on the bottom and a corner panel on
> > >    each side of the screen at the top.  About 8 applets
> > >    are running in the panel: pager, mount*3, mailcheck,
> > >    clock, and some monitors)
> > > Shutdown gnome and then log back in (I use xdm)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Grant.
> > 
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