still having Zombie problems

[Olivier Fourdan]

A simple "./configure && make rpm" from the source tree and then
installing the generated rpm would have done the job.

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 17:10, Jack Coates wrote:
> 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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> > > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > 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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> > > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Jack Coates
> > > > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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> > > Jack Coates
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> > > 
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> > -- 
> > 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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Olivier               <fourdan at xfce.org>            http://www.xfce.org
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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