Re: problems with multiple panels being started

[Grant Likely <grantlikely home com>]

The problem with that is that then the background, screensaver and mouse
properties are not restored on login, and if you try to start them from
the command line, gnome-session is started automatically, and you end up
with even more instances of panel.

Jesse D. Sightler wrote:
> 
> The best advice that I can give is to quit using gnome-session, and just
> use "panel" instead.  Gnome-session always did junk like this on my
> system, as well as other more annoying problems.
> 
> 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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