Bug#500430: gconf2: gconfd-2 not shutting down after user's logout

[Loïc Minier]

reassign 500430 gnome-session
severity 500430 normal
retitle 500430 Could try to shutdown gconf after logout
stop

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008, Juan Miguel Corral Cano wrote:
> Gconfd-2 will stay alive for about 30 secs after user has logged out.
> Well, if you have nfs4 mounted homes, then debian will hang indefinitely
> when you shutdown via gnome, since it will be unable to unmount the 
> filesystem because gconfd-2 is using it. 
> I am experiencing this on my network.
> 
> I think the best solution is to make gconfd-2 be shut down when
> user logs out.
> 
> I have tried putting the line 
> gconftool-2 --shutdown 
> on /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default, but doesn't work.

 What software is responsible for unmounting on your system?  is it PAM?

 I would guess this software needs to wait longer for processes to
 shutdown, such as gconf.

 I think gnome-session could try to shutdown gconf, but I'm not sure how
 easy that is with the WM also using gconf.

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Loïc Minier