Bug#351452: gnome-panel: wnck-applet stuck in loop on startup

[Steve Greenland]

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.12.2-3
Severity: normal

When starting a new gnome session from the command line (i.e. 'startx'),
if the gnome-panel contains the workplace switcher applet (added in
an earlier session), startup 'sticks', and wnck-applet uses 100% of
the CPU, accomplishing nothing. If I kill wnck-applet by hand, then
gnome-panel startup finishes, along with a dialog box about wnck-applet
failing.

At this point, I can add the workplace switcher to the panel with no problem,
but the next time I start gnome, I get the identical problem.

This started occuring with the upgrade to 2.12 in unstable (previously
at 2.10).

Steve


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-about               2.12.2-2       The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.12.2-2     utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-desktop-data        2.12.2-2       Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-menus               2.12.0-2.1     an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel-data          2.12.2-3       common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.17-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.10.3-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.10.1-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.10.1-2       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-12.1     GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libecal1.2-3              1.4.2.1-1      Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-4       1.4.2.1-1      Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-6     1.4.2.1-1      GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libgconf2-4               2.12.1-8       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.5.1-2      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.8.6-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.12.2-2       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2            2.12.0-2.1     an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.12.0.1-5     The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.12.0-2       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.12.2-5       GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.10-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.12.4-1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0        2.12.2-3       library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.10.2-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libwnck18                 2.12.2-2       Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii  gnome-applets                 2.12.2-4   Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-session                 2.12.0-4   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  menu-xdg                      0.2.2      freedesktop.org menu compliant win

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