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Bug 536319 - /tmp file left after a crash makes empathy refuse to start
/tmp file left after a crash makes empathy refuse to start
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 533840
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: General
0.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-06-02 20:42 UTC by Will Thompson
Modified: 2008-06-02 21:03 UTC
See Also:
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Description Will Thompson 2008-06-02 20:42:55 UTC 
When Empathy crashes, it leaves behind a named pipe /tmp/empathy.$username.$randominteger .  If I try to restart empathy, it immediately exits with status 0.  Only when I delete the pipe will it start normally.
Comment 1 Xavier Claessens 2008-06-02 21:03:38 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but we are happy to tell you that the problem has already been fixed. It should be solved in the next software version. You may want to check for a software upgrade.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 533840 ***