tags + wontfix kthxbye On Sunday 11,April,2010 02:12 PM, John Talbut wrote: > Package: alarm-clock-applet > Version: 0.3.0-1 > Severity: grave > Tags: squeeze > Justification: renders package unusable > > After the recent upgrade of the package the applet disappeared. At first I > had > some of these messages: > > The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:AlarmClock". > Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration? > > But after I chose the "delete the applet" option, nothing. > > I have discovered that if I run the applet from the terminal it appears and > seems to work, but the application never exits. > The messages I get are:
Like all other sane GUI applications, you are meant to run it from the run dialog rather than the terminal. This is intended, and will not be fixed. You can set alarm-clock-applet to be run automatically upon login, by right clicking on the applet and clicking preferences and checking the checkbox there. A tip: If you wish to background a process in a terminal and close it, do this, in order: * Ctrl+Z * bg * disown * exit Or start it with a "&" at the back, like: $ alarm-clock-applet & -- Kind regards, Chow Loong Jin (GPG: 0x8F02A411) Ubuntu Developer
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