gnome-panel hangs on logout

[sebastian ssmoller]

On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 19:28, Stacey Roberts wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 09:49, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > On 18 Sep 2003 07:59:08 +0200
> > sebastian ssmoller <sebastian.ssmoller at gmx.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > i am running fbsd 5.1 release and gnome 2.2 with gnome-panel 2.2.2.2_1.
> > > each time i try to logout the gnome panel hangs. i searched the mail
> > > archives but found nothing about it. i wonder if i am the only one
> > > having these problems ?
> > 
> > What do you mean with "it hangs"? The problem I sometimes have: I press
> > the logout button I've added to the panel, confirm the logout and it
> > doesn't logs out. Usually I have at least one xterm open at this time,
> > so I move the mouse over the xterm, sawfish changes the window focus to
> > it and the logout proceeds. Do you talk about this behavior when you say
> > "it hangs"?
> > 
> 
> What he is referring to, is the fact that with Gnome-2.x, clicking
> "Actions" > "Logout" produces the following:
> 
> The desktop dims somewhat (which is normal)
> The confirmation dialogue box appears
> You click on "Yes"
> System freezes for 5 - 10 minutes
> Shutdown proceeds as normal
> 

ok. i know this from my mandrake system where gnome2 went very well :)

> I have this on FreeBSD-4.9 Pre SMP boxes as well.
> 
> What I often get, for good measure, is the systems hang / freeze
> *before* the logout confirmation dialogue box appears. After the delay,

thats exactly what i mean. how much time do u have to wait ? i waited
several seconds and then i killed the panel cause nothing happened.

> the box appears, you click "Yes", the logout proceeds as normal.
> I raised this issue months ago, back at 2.0, or thereabouts. Both
> systems are running Gnome-2.x with default Metacity / settings.
> 
> Got no answer to my post.., left it at that.

thx
seb

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stacey
> 
> > Bye,
> > Alexander.