still having Zombie problems

[Jack Coates]

downloaded xfce-stable and compiled it without incident, only to
discover that Mandrake's mess of sessions, display managers, and
configuration files that source other configuration files make it quite
difficult to manually add another session. xfce would start up fine from
within ICEwm or KDE, but not from GDM. Of course, it has only ever
exhibited the zombie behavior when launched from a session. So I edited
xfce.spec (--disable-taskbar && --enable-xft as usual) and moved files
around to make an RPM.

This didn't fix the session problem as choosing XFce now just makes X
crash. 

I should also note that when XFce is run from within another WM the
freaking taskbar is still there.

Short of nuking it from orbit and starting over, I'm at a loss.

Jack

On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 04:52, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Jack,
> 
> xfce-devel is a mess, among which you can find the xfce4 developpment.
> xfce 3.8.18 can be found in xfce-stable
> 
> Don't be confused with the ChangeLog, it's updated manually when I think
> of it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 06:26, Jack Coates wrote:
> > So I downloaded xfce-devel from CVS and ran autogen.sh and configure...
> > but it bombs looking for glib2 which tells me this is xfce4. The
> > changelog of xfce-stable stops at 3.8.16, so 3.8.18 must be in
> > xfce-devel, right? Is there some configure switch telling it to make 3
> > instead of 4? 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 21:06, Jack Coates wrote:
> > > Also just noticed that --disable-taskbar didn't have any effect. It's
> > > still there :-(
> > > 
> > > Off to try the CVS...
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 16:12, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> > > > And maybe try the very latest CVS (approx. 30 secs old.)
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 00:57, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> > > > > Jack,
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Here's the weird thing: I tried to get a backtrace with gdb, and a new
> > > > > > xfce launched from within gdb from within xterm doesn't have the problem
> > > > > > -- only the one that was launched from xfwm does it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > starce might be helpful here. Add a new entry to the menu looking like
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > xterm -e strace xterm
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > So you might see what's happening.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Olivier               <fourdan at xfce.org>            http://www.xfce.org
> > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > XFce is a lightweight  desktop  environment  for  various *NIX systems. 
> > > > > Designed for productivity,  it loads  and  executes  applications fast,
> > > > > while conserving  system resources. XFce is all free software, released
> > > > > under GNU General Public License.    Available from http://www.xfce.org
> > > > > 
> > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > > Xfce at moongroup.com
> > > > > http://moongroup.com/mailman/listinfo/xfce
> > > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Olivier               <fourdan at xfce.org>            http://www.xfce.org
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > XFce is a lightweight  desktop  environment  for  various *NIX systems. 
> > > > Designed for productivity,  it loads  and  executes  applications fast,
> > > > while conserving  system resources. XFce is all free software, released
> > > > under GNU General Public License.    Available from http://www.xfce.org
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Xfce mailing list
> > > > Xfce at moongroup.com
> > > > http://moongroup.com/mailman/listinfo/xfce
> > > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Jack Coates
> > > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
> > > 
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> > > http://moongroup.com/mailman/listinfo/xfce
> > > 
> > -- 
> > Jack Coates
> > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://moongroup.com/mailman/listinfo/xfce
> > 
> -- 
> Olivier               <fourdan at xfce.org>            http://www.xfce.org
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> XFce is a lightweight  desktop  environment  for  various *NIX systems. 
> Designed for productivity,  it loads  and  executes  applications fast,
> while conserving  system resources. XFce is all free software, released
> under GNU General Public License.    Available from http://www.xfce.org
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xfce mailing list
> Xfce at moongroup.com
> http://moongroup.com/mailman/listinfo/xfce
> 
-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...