** Summary changed: - DBus communication problems affecting multiple packages + Applications appear to do nothing after communicating with the DBus fork() function
** Summary changed: - Applications appear to do nothing after communicating with the DBus fork() function + Applications appear to do nothing after communicating with DBus ** Summary changed: - Applications appear to do nothing after communicating with DBus + Several applications appear irresponsible after communicating with DBus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dbus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347272 Title: Several applications appear irresponsible after communicating with DBus Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: ************ ROOT CAUSE ************ Several programs in Xfce have a daemon mode call gtk_init() before fork()ing. This is unsafe, and when it goes wrong this will typically manifest as the daemon hanging shortly after forking, and appearing to simply do nothing at all. ************** RELATED BUGS ************** Bug #973778: Unable to connect to Xfce Power Manager Bug #976638: pkexec does not find any authentication agent Bug #1048805: xfce4-appfinder launches very slowly) Bug #1193236: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-* Bug #1239014: xfsettingsd unable to daemonize properly when overlay scrollbars are activated Bug #1314782: multimedia keys don't work when xfce4-volumed is run in daemon mode (suggests a race condition is to blame) ******************* TECHNICAL DETAILS ******************* ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: dbus 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue Jul 22 16:26:36 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-25 (27 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2) SourcePackage: dbus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/1347272/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
