gnome-panel fails to stop on logout in Dapper (6.04)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-panel (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
gnome-panel fails to stop when a user logs out.
This results in a number of other problems. It's impossible to log in again without a big mess. An error will pop up: "I've detected a panel already running and will now exit." - This leads to a lack of any panel whatsoever.
I tried killing gnome-panel after logging out, and when it started again (when I logged in), most of the applets were unresponsive, and a couple of them, namely the ACPI battery monitoring applet (this is on a laptop) crashed or didn't start. This error has been reported from other people on other systems.
I now have to reboot to check session changes, apply new X configurations or anything like that. This could be considered a serious problem.
I am also seeing this problemhttp: //ubuntuforums. org/archive/ index.php/ t-48217. html as well. Killing gnome-panel after logging out also doesn't seem to help for me as well; however, rebooting causes GNOME to load fine again.
Also, the problem seems to be intermittent. About half the time, I can log out and back in OK, the other half the time, re-logging back in results in the "I've detected a panel already running..." error message and a non-functional GNOME session.