On FC6 I could startx and vncserver in pretty much any order and all was well*
Under F7 I see an oddity in that some panels widgets only survive as "first instance".
Let the system be setup with /etc/sysconfig/vncservers -> 1:user 2:user.
Case 1 : vncserver before startx : The vnc clients have all widgets displayed as expected whether or not user starts X. If user logs in, and starts X, two configured widgets do not appear that should be present. Attempting to add the two missing widgets to the panel fail. "vncserver wins".
Case 2 : startx first, then vncserver : The user desktop has all panels and widgets displayed as configured. Now start vncserver. In this case, the vnc connections show the same two widgets missing. "desktop wins".
So it looks like a "first instance wins" problem under F7. I tested this against FC6 and all widgets are present in both scenarios.
The two widgets that appear in one place and not the other are Clock and Window List.
Shall I bz this?
*an interesting case under FC6 and F7, if one starts a desktop, without vncserver running, then opens an xterm, becomes root, and starts vncserver, the servers take a long time to start and an error about a timeout on /root/.xauthXXX error is displayed as each instance starts.
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:17:23 -0700 Skunk Worx skunkworx@verizon.net wrote:
Under F7 I see an oddity in that some panels widgets only survive as "first instance".
I wonder if that is related to this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245525
Frank Cox wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:17:23 -0700 Skunk Worx skunkworx@verizon.net wrote:
Under F7 I see an oddity in that some panels widgets only survive as "first instance".
I wonder if that is related to this:
I'll piggy back on it. Thanks.
--- John
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:46:00 -0700 Skunk Worx skunkworx@verizon.net wrote:
I'll piggy back on it. Thanks.
Eek! A skunk!
Frank Cox wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:46:00 -0700 Skunk Worx skunkworx@verizon.net wrote:
I'll piggy back on it. Thanks.
Eek! A skunk!
Watch out, my tail's gettin' twitchy!
Skunk Worx wrote:
Frank Cox wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:17:23 -0700 Skunk Worx skunkworx@verizon.net wrote:
Under F7 I see an oddity in that some panels widgets only survive as "first instance".
I wonder if that is related to this:
I'll piggy back on it. Thanks.
I see this problem is assigned a low priority.
As much as I dislike poking into another project's business...does anyone have a gut feeling about when a fix might roll out?
I'm getting some pressure from vnc users about the panel widgets not being present, and have basically been told to workaround within 8 weeks.
Any gut feelings? I'm woefully lost as far as what would cause this.
I am more than willing to actively monitor the bz, query the gnome or X11 lists, download, patch, rebuild .src/test/debug RPMs, provide test support on a variety of machines/architectures.
If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.
TIA, John
Skunk Worx wrote:
Skunk Worx wrote:
Frank Cox wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:17:23 -0700 Skunk Worx skunkworx@verizon.net wrote:
Under F7 I see an oddity in that some panels widgets only survive as "first instance".
I wonder if that is related to this:
I'll piggy back on it. Thanks.
I see this problem is assigned a low priority.
If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.
Well there is hope...it looks like I might be able to transition to Vino / Gnome Remote Desktop. It does not exhibit the behavior.
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Skunk Worx