Bug#486007: gnome-session: ubuntu bug report + speculation

[Kevin Mitchell]

Package: gnome-session
Followup-For: Bug #486007


I can reproduce this on two systems. Both the current one (laptop local
login) and an other (ltsp server using gdm via xdmcp).

This bug also occurs in ubuntu and there is a typically out of control launchpad bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/123078

After spending half my morning reading this, it appears that the
conclusion is that something is attemtping to message gnome-power
manager, but doesn't bother to check if its actually running.

The second to last poster claims that the culprit is "gnome-session-save
--kill", but I don't see any direct references to gnome-power-manager in
gnome-session-save.c, then again, not being familiar with gnome source
code, there may be an indirect reference in there somewhere.

Kevin

looking for gnome-power manager and doesn't both

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (400, 'stable'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-rc3-amd64.009 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.22.2.1-1  utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      2.22.2.1-1    GNOME settings daemon
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.22.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.7-13        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.2.1-3       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.76-1        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.5-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0          2.22.3-1      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.11-3     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    2:1.0.4-1     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.13-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.5-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                     2:1.0.3-2     X11 Session Management library
ii  libwrap0                   7.6.q-16      Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.1.4-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.3-3     X11 authorisation library

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus                          1.2.1-3    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gnome-panel                   2.20.3-5   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  metacity                      1:2.22.0-1 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.20.0-6   file manager and graphical shell f

Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.0      common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-user-guide [gnome2-user 2.22.1-1   GNOME user's guide

-- no debconf information