Re: [RE: Launch FM from panel?] [Repost]

[Adrian Hosey <ahosey snowcrash kiva net>]

: >  I happened to try this right before you posted - it started multiple
: >  gmc processes. I had to exit all of them to make desktop icons go
: >  away. (gmc 4.5.30)
: 
: Make sure you are running "gmc", not "plain-gmc".  The former is the
: CORBA version of the file manager, and it detects whether it was
: already running.

Okay, check this out:

[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$ ps wwwaux|grep gmc
# (I start gmc from the main menu)
[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$ ps wwwaux|grep gmc
ahosey    2536 24.4  5.0  6796  4864   1 S    10:46   0:02 gmc
# (Start gmc from the main menu again)
[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$ ps wwwaux|grep gmc
ahosey    2536  6.7  5.0  6796  4864   1 S    10:46   0:02 gmc
ahosey    2540 29.5  5.0  6796  4868   1 S    10:46   0:02 gmc
[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$ plain-gmc &
[1] 2547
[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$
** WARNING **: There is already a process taking drops on the desktop!


[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$ ps wwwaux|grep gmc
ahosey    2536  3.9  5.0  6796  4864   1 S    10:46   0:02 gmc
ahosey    2540  6.9  5.0  6796  4868   1 S    10:46   0:02 gmc
ahosey    2547 17.0  4.7  6384  4568  p4 S    10:47   0:02 plain-gmc
[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$ gmc &
[2] 2561
[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$
** WARNING **: There is already a process taking drops on the desktop!


[ahosey@snowcrash ahosey]$ ps wwwaux|grep gmc
ahosey    2536  1.3  5.0  6796  4864   1 S    10:46   0:02 gmc
ahosey    2540  1.5  5.0  6796  4868   1 S    10:46   0:02 gmc
ahosey    2547  1.7  4.7  6384  4568  p4 S    10:47   0:02 plain-gmc
ahosey    2561 21.3  5.1  6796  4872  p4 S    10:49   0:02 gmc


Then I kill them all off...

???

     - A