[PLUG] Gaim fails if automatically loaded.

Denis Heidtmann denish at dslnorthwest.net
Thu May 10 18:19:57 UTC 2007


Quentin Hartman wrote:
> On 5/9/07, Denis Heidtmann <denish at dslnorthwest.net> wrote:
>>
>> The problem Gaim launch is precipitated by either telling KDE to restore
>> the
>> previous session, or telling KDE to save the current session.  I would be
>> surprised if there is a way to influence when KDE does the restore during
>> session initialization.
> 
> 
> Well, in gnome, there are obvious ways to define the order in which things
> are started. KDE likely has something like that. No idea where it might be
> found though...
> 
> I believe there are other ways to launch applications on starting a 
> session,
>> but
>> I do not know what they are.  My impression is that there are many ways.
> 
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> One thing I notice is that in the Kmenu System Settings there is a tab for
>> "Default Applications".  On that window the Instant Messenger is shown as
>> Kopete.  There is a drop-down list, but only Kopete is on the list.  
>> Adept
>> shows
>> Kopete as installed.  Should I uninstall it? (A long time ago I tried
>> Kopete but
>> found it inadequate for various reasons.)
> 
> 
> I don't think this would have any bearing on the problem at hand. Since 
> Gaim
> is not really a "KDE aware" application it wouldn't be likely to link into
> KDE's application stack like that, which would explain why it isn't in that
> list. However, assuming that list behaves it should, it should have no
> impact on Gaim's success or failure to start. I still think finding a 
> way to
> fiddle with the order that programs are started during your session
> initialization is worth digging further into. If I have some time tomorrow
> I'll do some digging on my own and post here if I find anything.
> 
Thanks so much for the ideas.  I will try digging, although I am not sure which
shovel to use yet.

-Denis

I found this, but am not sure it helps me:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/32194

Also, I am about to look for the files described here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2595382

-Denis
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