crashing apps

[Brian J. Tarricone]

Mantas wrote:

>now i can describe the problem.
>I logged in and started the gnome blackjack game and its doesn't appear.
>ps aux writes:
>
>1009 ?        S      0:01 xfwm4 --daemon --sm-client-id
>117f000001000107916056500000009890001
>2370 ?        S      0:00 blackjack
>2371 ?        Z      0:00 [blackjack] <defunct>
>2372 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 14
>2379 ?        S      0:00 xterm -title Terminal
>  
>
moe and i did a little research into this last night...  we're 
relatively sure that it's some combination of gconf and threading.  i'm 
able to reproduce what you've noticed - the double-processes, one a 
zombie.  still have no solution =/.

    -brian