Ubuntu
gnome-applets package

  1. Bug #164804
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 164804

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karlward (karl-ward) wrote :

I had a similar problem on Fedora 7, which I worked-around by adding a line to /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default . The line I added is:

[ -d /tmp/orbit-$USER ] && rm -Rf /tmp/orbit-$USER

Basically, the /tmp/orbit-username/linc-* files were persisting after the X/GDM session had ended. This was causing the problems with GNOME applets.

This is a workaround, not a fix. It may cause unexpected behavior when you have concurrent logins as the same user.