Re: defunct processes in 2.23?

["Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org>]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Patryk Zawadzki <patrys pld-linux org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Claudio Saavedra <csaavedra gnome org> wrote:
>> I did some quick tests and it seems like the checks in GVFS's
>> configure.ac for libhal_get_all_devices_with_properties succeed if you
>> have installed libhal-dev 0.5.11 from your distro. Removing libhal-dev
>> caused gvfs to disable the "fast init path" thing:
>>
>>  Use HAL for volume monitor:   yes (with fast init path: no)
>>
>> I guess that what happens otherwise, is that gvfs is linked against
>> libhal in /opt/gnome-2.24 (currently 0.5.10), which doesn't have
>> libhal_get_all_devices_with_properties, and then we have the resulting
>> processes dying.
>
> My system does not have hal 0.5.10 anywhere (I'm using 0.5.11) yet I
> still get the zombie processes on login. I have 2.23 installed as my
> main desktop, not via jhbuild or anything else (I package and install
> GNOME 2.23 rpms as modules get released).
>
What's in your ~/.xsession-errors file?

Jaap