Re: running applets as root crashes gnome panel

[Jake Hawkes <jake infinitylimited net>]

Paul Keenan wrote:
> Jake,
>
> It could be accessing older preference files depending on
> exactly how you are logging on as root.


Hmm - I'm actually logging into gnome as `jake', but then executing the
applet from a terminal as root (using `su')

> My Gnome was crashing until I deleted /home/paul/.gnome and
> restarted.  Perhaps your root has a similar problem; you
> could temporarily rename /root/.gnome to see if it helps.
>
> Are there any funky messages in .gnome-errors or
> /var/log/messages ?

no on both counts.

I have the same problem when I try to start the applet by selecting it
from the applet... menu in the panel. I copied and modified another
clock.desktop file to start my applet, but when I do, gnome panel
craches....

It may be a bug in gnome panel, but I rather think it's my perl program.
I have submitted the bug to gnome (using bug-buddy).
 
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