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Bug 317189 - Settings broken when two different gnome-session for the same user run on the same machine
Settings broken when two different gnome-session for the same user run on the...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 83835
Product: gnome-session
Classification: Core
Component: gnome-session
unspecified
Other other
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Session Maintainers
Session Maintainers
: 341121 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-09-25 22:22 UTC by bmichaelsen
Modified: 2007-01-08 14:41 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10



Description bmichaelsen 2005-09-25 22:22:31 UTC
Distribution: Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13
Package: gnome-session
Severity: normal
Version: GNOME2.10.2 unspecified
Gnome-Distributor: Gentoo
Synopsis: Settings broken when two different gnome-session for the same user run on the same machine
Bugzilla-Product: gnome-session
Bugzilla-Component: gnome-session
Bugzilla-Version: unspecified
Description:
Description of Problem:
Various settings break when two different sessions run for the same
user.
This includes:
- Font scaling information
- Desktop icons - they are all displayed as emtpy sheets of paper

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Start one gnome-session
2. Start another gnome-session on another X display (for example via
X11-forwarding by ssh),
	esp. with a different resolution
	example:
	echo "ssh -YC GNOMEHOSTNAME gnome-session" > remotegnome
	XINITRC=remotegnome xinit

Actual Results:
icons broken. font scaling wrong on the second gnome-session.

Expected Results:
icons and fonts working as usual.

How often does this happen?
everytime.

Additional Information:




------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@gnome.bugs 2005-09-25 22:22 UTC -------


The original reporter of this bug does not have
   an account here. Reassigning to the person who moved
   it here, unknown@gnome.bugs.
   Previous reporter was bmichaelsen@gmx.de.

Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2006-11-16 00:17:13 UTC
*** Bug 341121 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2007-01-08 14:41:16 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83835 ***