[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#477622: xfce4-xfapplet: xfapplet process does not die when X server is killed

[Andrzej Novak]

Package: xfce4-xfapplet-plugin
Version: 0.1.0-3
Severity: normal
File: xfce4-xfapplet


xfce4-xfapplet process does not die when X server is killed, e.g., by
pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del. This inteferes with normal operation of
xfapplet the next time user logs in.

For a more specific example, I use xfapplet with tomboy and uim. If I
ever need to kill the X server rather than logging out normally---normal
logout does not cause problem on subsequent login---then xfapplet
process persists after X server is dead (with PPID of 1), and
consequently, tomboy and uim processes keep running as well, and when I
log in the next time, the new xfapplet process has difficulty launching
another instance of tomboy process.

For the moment, I can get around the problem by logging in via virtual
terminal and killing the errant xfapplet processes, but it seems like a
user shouldn't have to do that, even after a forced shutdown of the X
server.

Thanks,

Andrzej

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xfce4-xfapplet-plugin depends on:
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.20-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.22.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.22.0-1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.7-10        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.4.14-1      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1             2.5.0-2       generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.1-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0          2.22.1-1      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.20.1.1-1    A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             1:2.22.0-2    GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.9-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    2:1.0.4-1     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.12-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0         2.20.3-3      library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.2-2      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                   1.10-3        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                     2:1.0.3-1+b1  X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.3-7     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1:1.1.9-1     X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   2:1.0.4-1     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfce4util4              4.4.2-2       Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfcegui4-4              4.4.2-2       Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii  libxfixes3                 1:4.0.3-2     X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                     2:1.1.3-1     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               2:1.0.3-1     X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.31.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.2.2-1     X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.4-1     X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xfce4-panel                4.4.2-4       The Xfce4 desktop environment pane

xfce4-xfapplet-plugin recommends no packages.

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