Bug#233883: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=233883

[Branden Robinson]

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reassign 233883 gnome-session
retitle 233883 gnome-session: very slow to shut down (checkpoint?) xterm wi=
ndows
thanks

Wolfgang,

I am reassigning your bug to what I expect is the right package for a
GNOME-session-specific problem.

Thanks for following up!

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 12:43:18AM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> Hi Branden
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> Thanks for your mail.
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> The most important first:
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> The can't-logout-if-xterm-is-running problem is probably some Gnome
> problem:
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> I just stopped gdm/Gnome, started fvwm instead of Gnome with 'startx'
> from a console, opened an xterm, Eterm and an xterm (Unicode) there, and
> then logged out without any problem from fvwm/X. No delays any more when
> trying to log out. No problems on FVWM in that respect.
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> On the situation on Gnome (49), on Debian/unstable:
> In the meantime when I try to log out from a Gnome session via the "Log
> Out" button from the gnome menu, with xterms open, it takes about 3 or 4
> minutes until logout. I don't have to do anything for this logout to
> happen: No hovering over the xterms is necessary to make them disappear.
> All I have to do is sit and wait for about 3 or 4 minutes in front of an
> X session after clicking the logout button until I get logged out from
> this Gnome X.
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> But I still can get the Gnome logout faster if I hover the mouse over
> the xterms -- it seems this is still what I wrote about in one of my
> previous mails on the subject.=20
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> Second:
> In the meantime 'man xterm' starts the correct man page on Gnome and
> fvwm. IIRC I aleady realised that some time ago after my last bugreport
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> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D233883>
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> Branden, provided my guess is right and this logout issue is a Gnome
> one: what's the correct way to proceed now? Forward this mail to Gnome
> bug reports? If you think this makes sense you can forward this mail to
> the Gnome bug reports page. Just Cc me please, if possible.
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> Thanks for your time.
> And Sorry for realising the FVWM trick a bit late: I already had the
> idea some time ago, but simply forgot about it.
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> Best Regards
> Wolfgang
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> On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 11:07, Branden Robinson wrote:=20
> > tag 233883 + help
> > retitle 233883 xterm: xterm windows prevent logout on GNOME 2.4.1
> > thanks
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> > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 04:18:04PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 17:17, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > > You might be experiencing the following bug, already filed:
> > > >=20
> > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D204249
> > >=20
> > > It didn't help me.
> > >=20
> > > Today I got a new xterm version, man-db: no changes:
> > >=20
> > > xterm still prevents logging out as described earlier, 'man xterm' st=
ill
> > > starts "man uxterm"
> > >=20
> > > COLUMNS=3D152 dpkg -l | egrep "(xterm|man-db)"
> > > ii  man-db                           2.4.2-12                        =
 The on-line manual pager
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> > Well, that's not a new enough version.
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> >   man-db (2.4.2-13) unstable; urgency=3Dmedium
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> >     * When sorting located man pages for display, sort by pure section,=
 then
> >       id (real page, symlink, whatis reference, etc.), then extended se=
ction,
> >       rather than the previous ordering of extended section then id. Th=
is
> >       works around the worst effects of #204249, in which changing a
> >       cross-hierarchy man page alternative can cause man to get the dis=
play
> >       order wrong.
> >=20
> >    -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Mon,  8 Mar 2004 00:23:21 +00=
00
> >=20
> > I don't think the manpage problem has anything to do with the
> > can't-logout problem.
> >=20
> > In any case, I'm stumped on the latter.  Tagging the bug accordingly.
> --=20
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G. Branden Robinson                |    For every credibility gap, there is
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    a gullibility fill.
branden@debian.org                 |    -- Richard Clopton
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