Re: Desktop widgets disappear

On Tuesday 21 February 2012 20:31:31 you wrote:
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> > On Tuesday 21 February 2012 17:15:22 Pavel Řezníček wrote:
> > > Hello my dear Maemo fellows,
> > >
> > > Once several days, most of the desktop widgets on my N900 just
> > > disappear.
> > >
> > > A reboot doesn't correct this (the widgets don't reappear again).
> > >
> > > I have to re-add them manually.
> > >
> > > When I re-add them, they persist after the reboot but only until the
> > > next accidental vanishing.
> > >
> > > What does cause this behaviour and how could I fix it?
> > >
> > > I look forward for your solutions.
> >
> > Hi, when hildon-desktop (and other hildon-*) process is starting it
> > check if last time process exited normally. And of not hildon-desktop
> > will disable all plugins (e.g. widgets too) and reset configuration. I
> > do not know how to fix it...
>
> Hello Pali,
>
> I sometimes run too many applications at the same time. Sometimes MicroB or
> Conversation becomes unresponsive so I think the hildon-desktop could also
> become unresponsive and be killed automatically and restarted. It resets
> all its settings then. This is one of my hypotheses.

It is possible. Maybe good way will be to patch hildon-* to do not reset
settings when time of 2 crashes is greater then some constant.


(ps: please sent copy of mail to mailinglist, not only to some people)

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Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com
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----- Původní zpráva -----
> On Tuesday 21 February 2012 20:31:31 you wrote:
> > ----- Původní zpráva -----
> >
> > > On Tuesday 21 February 2012 17:15:22 Pavel Řezníček wrote:
> > > > Hello my dear Maemo fellows,
> > > >
> > > > Once several days, most of the desktop widgets on my N900 just
> > > > disappear.
> > > >
> > > > A reboot doesn't correct this (the widgets don't reappear again).
> > > >
> > > > I have to re-add them manually.
> > > >
> > > > When I re-add them, they persist after the reboot but only until
> > > > the next accidental vanishing.
> > > >
> > > > What does cause this behaviour and how could I fix it?
> > > >
> > > > I look forward for your solutions.
> > >
> > > Hi, when hildon-desktop (and other hildon-*) process is starting it
> > > check if    last time process exited normally. And of not
> > > hildon-desktop will disable all    plugins (e.g. widgets too) and
> > > reset configuration. I do not know how to fix    it...
> >
> > Hello Pali,
> >
> > I sometimes run too many applications at the same time. Sometimes
> > MicroB or Conversation becomes unresponsive so I think the
> > hildon-desktop could also become unresponsive and be killed
> > automatically and restarted. It resets all its settings then. This is
> > one of my hypotheses.
>
> It is possible. Maybe good way will be to patch hildon-* to do not reset
> settings when time of 2 crashes is greater then some constant.

Yes, that's approximately what Paul Hartman suggests (he mentions some scripts to work it around).

> (ps: please sent copy of mail to mailinglist, not only to some people)

Excuse me everybody, I always forget to send a copy to the mailinglist…

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> Pali Rohár
> pali.rohar@gmail.com

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Pavel Řezníček