[openbox] gnome-panel PagerApplet hates me.

Ben Jansens ben at orodu.net
Fri Oct 17 12:54:33 EDT 2003


On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:45:52PM -0400, Roland Glenn McIntosh wrote:
> Hi.  I have a weird problem which may not be ob3's fault, but perhaps some of you might have experienced a similar issue.  I've been using ob3 for a couple of weeks now, and it's coming along nicely.  I have what I consider to be a typical .xinitrc file:
> 
>   display -window root ~/pics/backgrounds/Crystal-1280x1024.jpg &
>   gnome-panel --disable-sound &
>   xautolock -time 20 -locker "xlock +usefirst -lockdelay 10" &
>   exec openbox3
> 
> That's the relevant parts.  When I type "startx" at the prompt, gnome-panel's pager applet bitches at me with a message like this:
> 
> 	The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFID:GNOME_PagerApplet"
> 	Details: Unknown CORBA exception id: 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0'
> 
> 	Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?
> 		[ X Don't delete ]    [Delete]
> 
> The weird thing is, if i start an xterm, kill gnome-panel, and run gnome-panel --disable-sound & manually, it works without a hitch.
> Does anyone know why this is?  I'm running gnome-panel from gnome 2.4 (gentoo ~x86 portage).

I believe...with 2.4 you need to be running the gnome-settings-daemon. The
first time you run gnome panel it probably starts it, but too late for the
pager applet. The second time it would work then. Try running it before the
panel.

Ben
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