Bug#517333: gconf2: Stops working after a while

[Sam Morris]

On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 01:41 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le vendredi 27 février 2009 à 00:35 +0000, Sam Morris a écrit :
> > Please note: I don't really know which package to file this bug against, so
> > bear with me. ;)
> > 
> > Since upgrading to 2.24, I have noticed that programs no longer receive
> > notifications about settings being changed after I have been logged in for
> > a while.
> > 
> > For example, changing my desktop background or font preferences has no effect.
> > 
> > Another thing I have noticed is that I can't put new items on panels (though
> > new items do show up after a logout/login cycle).
> 
> OK, some questions to narrow this down:
>       * is the gconfd-2 daemon restarted when this happens? i.e. does
>         the startup time still correspond to the one of the session?

Interesting... I just checked and there are several gconfd-2 processes
running!

        $ pgrep -fl gconfd
        3488 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
        3851 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
        4289 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2

        $ ps u 3488 3851 4289
        USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
        sam       3488  0.0  0.6   9648  6432 ?        S    Feb26   0:02 /usr/lib/libgco
        sam       3851  0.0  0.5   8020  6116 ?        SN   00:00   0:02 /usr/lib/libgco
        sam       4289  0.1  0.5   7948  6004 ?        SN   00:30   0:01 /usr/lib/libgco

        $ w
         00:50:10 up 54 min,  6 users,  load average: 2.53, 1.47, 0.95
        USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
        sam      tty7     :0               23:58    1.00s  2:39   0.26s /usr/bin/gnome-

>       * If, when this happens, you kill the gconfd-2 process, do
>         notifications start to happen again?

I just killed them, then changed my desktop background, but nautilus did
not notice.

>       * If, when notifications are still working, you kill the gconfd-2
>         process, do they stop working?

Will check this once I log in again.
> 
> Thanks,
-- 
Sam Morris
https://robots.org.uk/

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