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

[Josselin Mouette]

Le jeudi 16 juin 2005 =E0 11:05 -0400, John A. Martin a =E9crit :
> Package: gnome-panel
> Version: 2.10.1-3
> Severity: grave
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> Sawfish seems to work OK.
>=20
> The Gnome-terminal starts on login and is OK.
>=20
> Nautilus does the same repetition of "has quit unexpectedly.
>=20
> Is there a clean way to logout under these conditions?
>=20
> Is there a workaround if a fix is not available soon?

This is a known glibc problem showing up with gnomeVFS 2.10 when using a
2.4 kernel. You can upgrade to experimental's glibc, which has fixed
that, or use a 2.6 kernel.
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