For those that have mystery dead start up programs. I have noticed this
happen to Galeon on occasion if I am hammering my system. Nice to know
a reason.
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> From: Caol�n McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [discuss] OO terminates after startup
> Date: 03 Jul 2002 15:38:13 +0100
>
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:20:53AM -0600, Jim Cardwell wrote:
> > Thanks Caolan, unsetting SESSION_MANAGER seems to have worked - all OO
> > applications so far open and stay open. SESSION_MANAGER was set to
> > local/machine_name:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4654. Not sure where this came from
> > or what it does (not using ICE that I know of). The strange thing is
> > that our other machine (where OO works fine) also has this set
> > (different socket number, different machine_name, but otherwise
> > identical). The socket (4654, etc) exists on both machines.
>
> You have a slow machine and gnome running, staroffice reports that it supports
> session management so the gnome-session manager manages it. But the session
> manager has a timeout after which it gives up on the application if it doesn't
> respond. StarOffice takes longer to respond on startup than the default time
> the manager is willing to wait. If session management is disabled (unset the
> variable) then its not forced to exit, but isn't session managed. i.e. it won't
> correctly restart and restore to the correct location on screen if you log out
> while its running and log in again. If soffice starts up faster then there is
> no problem, probably the case for your second machine, or if the gnome session
> manager is rejigged to have a longer timeout then there is no problem (e.g.
> /usr/bin/gnome-session gets called with --purge-delay=0) Take those details
> somewhat under advisement as I'm handwaving a bit because I'm not involved in
> figuring out where the exact flaw belongs and only making a stab at it.
>
> C.
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> Work: {Star|Open} Office Developer
> Ob Clause: Opinions here are mine, not Sun's
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