Public bug reported:
Karmic 9.04 64-bit
gnome-applets 2.27.91-0ubuntu1
gnome-panel 1:2.27.4-0ubuntu1
gnome-panel-data 1:2.27.91-0ubuntu2
gnome-utils 2.27.91-0ubuntu1
gnome-system-tools 2.27.3-0ubuntu1
During today's karmic updates, upon reboot the gnome-panel continuously
and repeatedly crashed, as when one issues a "killall gnome-panel"
command. I was only able to stop the crashes by issuing the "killall
gnome-panel" multiple times. The crashes stopped but of course I had no
more panels.
The error causing the continuous recycling of the gnome-panel was the
system not finding the proper files to run the panel clock. Here are
some of the pertinent error messages:
****
Unable to open desktop file /usr/share/applications/bum.desktop for panel
launcher: No such file or directory
(gnome-panel:5407): libglade-WARNING **: could not find glade file
'/usr/share/gnome-panel/glade/clock.glade'
** ERROR **: /usr/share/gnome-panel/glade/clock.glade not found; this
installation is incorrect.
aborting...
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
****
In any case, I removed the clock applet from the panel and the system
booted normally.
SOLUTION:
Should anyone else experience this problem:
Stop the crashes with "killall gnome-terminal" if you can open a terminal.
Since you can't get to the panel to remove the clock, try to open a terminal,
then gconf-editor.
Go to /apps/panel/applets and find the applet for the clock.
Go to the right panel of the applet, find the bonobo_iid entry
((OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet), right click and select "Unset key". That will stop
the panel cycling.
Once I rebooted, I tried adding the clock back and immediately the panel
started continuously cycling once again. Selecting "Unset key" for that
newly created applet entry immediately fixed the problem.
** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Karmic: Gnome-panel repeatedly crashes with panel clock enabled
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422883
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