Your message dated Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:25:41 +0200
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and subject line Re: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#611326: Further information
has caused the Debian Bug report #611326,
regarding xfce4: Panel's taskbar goes into infinite loop
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611326: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611326
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Package: xfce4
Version: 4.6.1.1~bpo50+1
Severity: important
I am intermittently getting this problem: when I start an application, the
taskbar (i.e. the part of the panel where icons are placed for running
applications) starts expanding and contracting at a very high rate. It is
then impossible to see exactly what is in the taskbar and to interact with it.
At the same time CPU usage by the xfce4-panel process goes up to 50% and
higher, and remains there.
This can happen anything from once a week to several times a day. It does not
seem to be triggered by starting a particular application - it can be anything
(e.g. Terminal, Icedove). Once it was triggered when a Python script I was
running itself went into an infinite loop. It does seem to be related to a
highish system load, but this is not at all consistent - it can happen when
the load is low, and it does not always happen when the load is high.
Sometimes this behaviour can be stopped by closing the application that
appeared to trigger it, sometimes not. Sometimes closing other applications
will help, sometimes not. Sometimes it stops of its own accord after a few
minutes, sometimes not. When all else fails, the only way to stop it is to
end my X session.
In short, this is a serious usability issue with little rhyme or reason to it.
I would be happy to investigate further if given some pointers as to what to
look for.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.8
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-bpo.5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xfce4 depends on:
ii gtk2-engines-xfce 2.6.0-2~bpo50+1 A GTK+-2.0 theme engine for Xfce
ii orage 4.6.1-1~bpo50+1 Calendar for Xfce Desktop Environm
ii thunar 1.0.2-1~bpo50+1 File Manager for Xfce
ii thunar-volman 0.3.80-2~bpo50+1 Thunar extension for volumes manag
ii xfce4-appfinder 4.6.2-1~bpo50+1 Application finder for the Xfce4 D
ii xfce4-mixer 4.6.1-2~bpo50+1 Xfce mixer application
ii xfce4-panel 4.6.4-1~bpo50+1 The Xfce4 desktop environment pane
ii xfce4-session 4.6.2-3~bpo50+1 Xfce4 Session Manager
ii xfce4-settings 4.6.5-2~bpo50+1 graphical application for managing
ii xfce4-utils 4.6.2-1~bpo50+1 Various tools for Xfce
ii xfconf 4.6.2-1~bpo50+1 utilities for managing settings in
ii xfdesktop4 4.6.2-1~bpo50+1 xfce desktop background, icons and
ii xfwm4 4.6.2-1~bpo50+1 window manager of the Xfce project
Versions of packages xfce4 recommends:
ii desktop-base 5.0.3 common files for the Debian Deskto
ii tango-icon-theme 0.8.1-4 Tango Icon theme
ii xfprint4 4.6.1-1~bpo50+1 Printer GUI for Xfce4
ii xorg 1:7.3+20 X.Org X Window System
xfce4 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
On ven., 2011-02-25 at 01:20 +0000, Edmund Eyles wrote:
> I now appear to have successfully built XFCE 4.8, but I have no idea how
> to actually install it. The build process creates a lot of executables,
> but does not seem to put them in the right place. There are no
> installation instructions available on the XFCE site. I have made a
> forum post asking for help, which has been met with a deafening silence
> in the space of 10 days. I can go no further, and in any case I have no
> motivation to devote any more of my time to this. Do what you want with
> this bug. Bye-bye XFCE, I wish I could say it was nice knowing you.
Xfce 4.8 is available from experimental if you want to try reproducing
it. Closing anyway since nobody managed to reproduce and you don't seem
interested anymore.
Feel free to reopen if you have more information.
Regards,
--
Yves-Alexis
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