Gain, 2.5.24 breaks Evolution
Hello,
I don't want to be flamed. I know this question has been raised before but I haven't been able to find an answer looking at the mail archives.
Why does 2.5.24 break applications like Evolution 1.0.7 or Ximian Gnome Control Center 1.5.13? In both cases, using some functionality that spawns new processes causes both applications to hang up. Has anyone discovered the cause for this? Do you think it will be fixed soon? I'm a little worried about this.
Sincerely,
Felipe Alfaro Solana
PS: Please, be glad to CC responses to this mail as I'm not subscribed to the list. Thank you!
Quoted 10 lines · Felipe Alfaro Solana
Hello,
I don't want to be flamed. I know this question has been raised before but I haven't been able to find an answer looking at the mail archives.
Why does 2.5.24 break applications like Evolution 1.0.7 or Ximian Gnome Control Center 1.5.13? In both cases, using some functionality that spawns new processes causes both applications to hang up. Has anyone discovered the cause for this? Do you think it will be fixed soon? I'm a little worried about this.
I have conversed with Michael Meeks and Mark McLoughlin about this problem. They agree that this is a bug in either the 2.5 kernel or in ORBit 1.x. ORBit interacts with the kernel at a pretty low level in some places. Neither Michael or Mark have time to look into this problem at the moment, since they are both busily working on the Gnome 2.0 release and neither of them have a test machine with the 2.5 kernel installed.
So, you and I will just have to be patient. Eventually, this will get tracked down and fixed.
Best wishes,
Miles