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Bug 142592 - After moving the panel to the right-hand side, gnome-panel crashes on login
After moving the panel to the right-hand side, gnome-panel crashes on login
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 94625
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: panel
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-05-15 19:52 UTC by Dave Tallman
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Dave Tallman 2004-05-15 19:52:35 UTC 
Description of Problem:
I reconfigured the gnome-panel to the right-hand
side (it was formerly at the bottom), then logged
out.  Now gnome-panel crashes when I log in.

The following web address in the message may be
helpful:
http://www.gnome.org/application_crashed.shtml?app=gnome-panel&version=2.0.6&libsver=2.0.3

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Login to an account with gnome-panel at bottom
2. Run Mozilla FireBird
3. Reconfigure the panel to the right-hand side
using Panel Properties.
4. Log out and back in.

Actual Results:
The gnome-panel immediately crashes, popping up an
error message.  The message repeats every time I
acknowledge it.  Another strange symptom is that
the Mozilla logo appears in the workspace
description section even though Mozilla is not yet
running.


Expected Results:
The panel should work from the right hand side. 
It did work until I logged out.


How often does this happen? 
It happens consistently every time I log in.


Additional Information:
I would like to know a work-around to get back to
the configuration with the panel at the bottom. 
As it is now, the account has been rendered almost
useless.

I am running Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)
Comment 1 Dave Tallman 2004-05-15 21:09:52 UTC 
I was able to recover to a non-crashing state by replacing the contents of the
following file:

 ~/.gconf/apps/panel/profiles/default/panels/bottom_panel/%gconf.xml

*** Contents causing the failure (spaced for readability) ***

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
  <entry
   name="panel_background_pixmap_stretch"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap_stretch"
   muser="Dave"
   type="bool"
   value="false"
  />
  <entry
   name="panel_background_pixmap_rotate"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap_rotate"
   muser="Dave"
   type="bool"
   value="true"
  />
  <entry
   name="panel_background_pixmap_fit"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap_fit"
   muser="Dave"
   type="bool"
   value="true"
  />
  <entry
   name="screen_edge"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/screen_edge"
   muser="Dave"
   type="string">
   <stringvalue>panel-edge-right</stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry
   name="panel_background_color"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_color"
   muser="Dave"
   type="string">
   <stringvalue>#000000</stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry
   name="panel_background_type"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_type"
   muser="Dave" type="string">
   <stringvalue>no-background</stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry
   name="hide_buttons_enabled"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/hide_buttons_enabled"
   muser="Dave"
   type="bool"
   value="false"
  />
  <entry
   name="panel_hide_mode"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_hide_mode"
   muser="Dave"
   type="int"
   value="0"
  />
  <entry
   name="panel_background_pixmap"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap"
   muser="Dave"
   type="string">
   <stringvalue></stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry
   name="screen_id"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/screen_id"
   muser="Dave"
   type="int"
   value="0"
  />
  <entry
   name="panel_hide_state"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_hide_state"
   muser="Dave"
   type="int"
   value="0"/>
  <entry
    name="hide_button_pixmaps_enabled"
    mtime="1084592918"
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/hide_button_pixmaps_enabled"
    muser="Dave" type="bool" value="false"
  />
  <entry
   name="panel_type"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_type"
   muser="Dave" type="string">
   <stringvalue>edge-panel</stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry
   name="panel_size"
   mtime="1084592918"
  
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_size"
   muser="Dave"
   type="string">
   <stringvalue>panel-size-medium</stringvalue>
  </entry>
</gconf>

*** Contents fixing the failure (spaced for readability) ***

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
  <entry 
    name="panel_background_pixmap_stretch" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap_stretch"

    muser="Dave" type="bool" value="false"
  />
  <entry 
    name="panel_background_pixmap_rotate" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap_rotate"

    muser="Dave" type="bool" value="true"
  />
  <entry 
    name="panel_background_pixmap_fit" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap_fit"

    muser="Dave" type="bool" value="true"
  />
  <entry 
    name="screen_edge" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/screen_edge"

    muser="Dave" type="string"><stringvalue>panel-edge-bottom</stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry 
    name="panel_background_color" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_color"

    muser="Dave" type="string"><stringvalue>#000000</stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry 
    name="panel_background_type" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_type"

    muser="Dave" type="string"><stringvalue>no-background</stringvalue></entry>
  <entry 
    name="hide_buttons_enabled" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/hide_buttons_enabled"

    muser="Dave" type="bool" value="false"
  />
  <entry 
    name="panel_hide_mode" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_hide_mode"

    muser="Dave" type="int" value="0"
  />
  <entry 
    name="panel_background_pixmap" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_background_pixmap"

    muser="Dave" type="string"><stringvalue></stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry 
    name="screen_id" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/screen_id" 
    muser="Dave" type="int" value="0"
  />
  <entry 
    name="panel_hide_state" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_hide_state"

    muser="Dave" type="int" value="0"
  />
  <entry 
    name="hide_button_pixmaps_enabled" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/hide_button_pixmaps_enabled"

    muser="Dave" type="bool" value="false"
  />
  <entry 
    name="panel_type" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_type" 
    muser="Dave" type="string"><stringvalue>edge-panel</stringvalue>
  </entry>
  <entry 
    name="panel_size" mtime="1084654474" 
   
schema="/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels/bottom_panel/panel_size" 
    muser="Dave" type="string"><stringvalue>panel-size-medium</stringvalue>
  </entry>
</gconf>
Comment 2 Vijaykumar Patwari 2004-06-02 09:29:08 UTC 
I can't reproduce this problem. Can you please attach the stack trace . 
For getting stack trace Please refer
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/getting-traces.cgi
Comment 3 Luis Villa 2004-06-03 00:54:14 UTC 
I believe (judging from the version numbers) that this is the RH9 panel problem.
Dave, are you using red hat 9?
Comment 4 Elijah Newren 2004-06-18 16:25:49 UTC 
Luis: It's the Red Hat _8_ panel problem, bug 94625.
Comment 5 Elijah Newren 2004-06-22 04:38:21 UTC 
Apparently I need to read the bug report more closely.  The link Dave provided
said he's using the ancient 2.0.6 version, which means that this is indeed the
infamous bug 94625.  I'm reopening to mark as a duplicate...
Comment 6 Elijah Newren 2004-06-22 04:38:35 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 94625 ***