xfce4-iconbox doesn't start

[Julien Gabel]

>> The iconbox is generally launched automatically when you use the port
>> xfce4-session (which is not part of xfce4 because it is always in
>> development ; I personally don't use it because of stability problem),

> I had xfce4 running in version 4.0.1 or something, and everything was
> fine. The whole bunch of xfce stuff never crashed, and iconbox was the
> "taskbar" on top of my screen.

I said that xfce4-session is not stable. I follow the port tree for all
the xfce4 stuff and had no problem of stability with Xfce 4.0.4 (the
4.0.5 just arrived in the port: http://www.freshports.org/x11-wm/xfce4/).
I will give it a try tonight or tomorrow.

>> which explain the warning. But this is not an error, and the iconbox
>> must be launched: at least it is the case on my desktop. Are you sure
>> the iconbox is not start after issuing the command?

[...]
> If I start iconbox it looks like that:
> [mhettwer at acchilles] <~> $ xfce4-iconbox
> ** Message: xfce4-iconbox: Running without session manager
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[...]

> Well, I obviously forgot to paste the row "core dumped" in my first
> message, which is the reason why it's not running after starting.
> Now I don't have a clue why it's core dumping ...
>
> Any more hints ? :)

Maybe run ktrace(1) or truss(1) when launching xfce-iconbox will help
to diagnose the problem. Depends on the output.

> Is anyone using an up-to-date xfce ? (Installed from ports today, after
> cvsup the ports today)

4.0.4 without any prolem.
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