Bug#314484: Error on login: 'The Application "gnome-panel" has quit unexpectedly'

[John A. Martin]

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Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.10.1-3
Severity: grave

Login gets: Error: The Application "gnome-panel" has quit unexpectedly.
Hitting "Close" on the error window just does the same thing again.
Hitting "Restart Application" gets "Error: I've detected a panel
already running, and will now exit" and another 'Error: The
Application "gnome-panel" has quit unexpectedly.'  'killall
gnome-panel' and similar get the same thing.  Hitting "Inform
Developers" gets "bug-buddy" has quit unexpectedly.

A panel appears without decorations and is unresponsive.  Several
applets open windows but are useless.  Iconified windows disappear
without a trace.  There is no menu in response to a right-click on the
root window.

Sawfish seems to work OK.

The Gnome-terminal starts on login and is OK.

Nautilus does the same repetition of "has quit unexpectedly.

Is there a clean way to logout under these conditions?

Is there a workaround if a fix is not available soon?

=2D- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-k6
Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC (charmap=3DANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-about              2.10.1-2        The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-control-center     1:2.10.1-3      The GNOME Control Center for G=
NOME
ii  gnome-desktop-data       2.10.1-2        Common files for GNOME 2 deskt=
op a
ii  gnome-menus              2.10.1-3        an implementation of the freed=
eskt
ii  gnome-panel-data         2.10.1-3        common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii  gnome-session            2.10.0-4        The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.17-1        Library of functions for 2D gr=
aphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.10.1-2        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.1-2         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.1-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-22    GNU C Library: Shared librarie=
s an
ii  libecal1.2-2             1.2.2-5.1       Client library for evolution c=
alen
ii  libedataserver1.2-4      1.2.2-5.1       Utily library for evolution da=
ta s
ii  libgconf2-4              2.10.0-2        GNOME configuration database s=
yste
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.5.1-2       library to load .glade files a=
t ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.5-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2       2.10.1-2        Utility library for loading .d=
eskt
ii  libgnome-menu0           2.10.1-3        an implementation of the freed=
eskt
ii  libgnome2-0              2.10.0-3        The GNOME 2 library - runtime =
file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.10.2-2        A powerful object-oriented dis=
play
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.10.0-2        The GNOME 2 libraries (User In=
terf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.10.1-4        The GNOME virtual file-system =
libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.6.7-2         The GTK+ graphical user interf=
ace=20
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                1:2.12.2-1      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA=
 ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0       2.10.1-3        library for GNOME 2 panel appl=
ets
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.8.1-1         Layout and rendering of intern=
atio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parame=
ters
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System Session Manage=
ment
ii  libstartup-notification0 0.8-1           library for program launch fee=
dbac
ii  libwnck16                2.10.0-2        Window Navigator Construction =
Kit=20
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol clien=
t li
ii  libxml2                  2.6.16-7        GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) con=
figu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-4       compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii  gnome-applets                 2.10.1-3   Various applets for GNOME 2 pa=
nel=20

Versions of packages gnome-panel is related to:
ii  reportbug                     3.13       reports bugs in the Debian dis=
trib
pn  totem-gstreamer               <none>     (no description available)

=2D- no debconf information

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