Bug 195152

Summary:	x11-wm/metacity-2.18.5 does not start after quitting with an open application like firefox
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Zsolti <zsolt>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	pacho
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info metacity-2.18.5-dont-deref-null-pointer.patch

Description Zsolti 2007-10-08 21:03:55 UTC

if a gnome-session is quit with an open application like firefox or thunderbird metacity fails to start with the next session. i'm unsure if it cores or just disappears. it seems also to happen with openoffice.
i'm also unsure where the root of the problem lies. if it's gnome-session or metacity.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. quit a gnome with an open application like firefox
2. login again


Actual Results:  
metacity is gone. not in the session-list anymore.

Comment 1 Zsolti 2007-10-08 21:04:32 UTC

Created attachment 132964 [details]
emerge --info

Comment 2 Mart Raudsepp gentoo-dev

2007-10-08 22:48:08 UTC

There's a fix included in 2.20.x for that. Wonder if we should worry about backporting

Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2008-02-09 16:11:40 UTC

Created attachment 143045 [details, diff]
metacity-2.18.5-dont-deref-null-pointer.patch

Maybe you could try this fedora patch that fixes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=243761

Good luck

Comment 4 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-03-06 23:46:34 UTC

I don't think it's worth patching 2.18.5 now, 2.20 has been stable for a while already and 2.22 will start to enter the tree in less than 2 weeks. Closing wontfix. Please reopen if there is an imperious reason for us to fix this.