On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:08 +0200, Philippe wrote: > > since the update of 19/09/2005, when the gnome desktop environment > starts, I get these error messages: > The "Window List" applet appears to have died unexpectedly. > Do you want to reload this applet? > (if you choose not to reload it at this time you can always add it by > right clicking on the panel and clicking on the Add to panel submenu) > > I also have this problem with "Workspace switcher" and "Show Desktop" > applets. Moreover, it seems that applets load slower than before the > update and sometimes I've got a problem with the gnome-terminal applet: > I click on it, wait a few seconds with the "please wait" mouse pointer > and nothing, and I can't run the gnome-terminal no more neither by > the applet nor by the menu (nor by "run a command").
Why do you think this is related to xfree86? Problems like this are usually caused by GNOME components. In particular, make sure that there's no stray GNOME background processes from a previous session. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer