gtkperl apps launch

[Thomas Ledbetter <tledbett revelstone net>]

  'Hey all..
  
  Anyone want to take a guess at why (all of a sudden) gtk-perl apps on
my system won't launch correctly when I add a launcher for them, to the
Gnome panel?

  Its really weird!  Take the simple 'goodbye world' code from the
gtkperl tutorial..

  ( 'copy at http://www.revelstone.net/kb/gtkperl/goodbyeworld.html )

  If I try to run the command from a launcher, I see the process
running, but nothing ever happens!?

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/usr/bin/perl -w /home/tledbett/work/projects/gtkperl/goodbye_world.pl

  Clicking on the launcher multiple times results in a process launched
for each - all appear to be 'sleeping'.

  However, if I run it from a command line, or configure the launcher to
'Run in Terminal', things work fine.

  Im not sure when/why this started happening.. I was trying to
determine if it had something to do with xalf - or maybe something not
getting set right in the environment.. It only affects gtk perl apps
however!?!  

  'Any ideas?
 
  
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Thomas Ledbetter                                              GCS/MU 
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