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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Transparency -- take 2
From:       Mosfet <mosfet () jorsm ! com>
Date:       1999-09-29 22:27:37
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Geert Jansen wrote:
> Steffen Hansen wrote:
>  
> > Kdesktop could do like kded:
> > 
> > At startup register an X property on the root window.
> > It exit remove it.
> > 
> > At startup, check if the property already exists. If it does, try to
> > invoke method on kdesktop's CORBA interface. If this succeeds, kdesktop is
> > already running, and there is no need for a second kdesktop -- exit. 
> > 
> > If the method invokation fails, there has been a kdesktop crash -- do some
> > cleanup and start normally. If the property isn't found at all, everything
> > is normal.
> 
> Concerning the desktop background, I don't think we need to restart
> kdesktop if it has crashed (I don't know about kdesktop's other uses).
> If it crashes, it is a critical bug and should not be masked by restarting
> it.

It must be restarted if we are using it as a shared pixmap server IMHO. It is
*not* acceptable to have applications in which others are dependent on crash
with no backup IMHO.

> Would it be better to use RetainPermanent instead of RetainTemporary?
> These resources cannot be deleted unless the server resets. And the 
> server resets when the users logs out, is that correct?
> 
> Greetings,
> -- 
>     Geert Jansen                       email: <g.t.jansen at stud.tue.nl>
>     Phylosopher, Physicist                        PGP key ID: 0xD2B5E7CE
-- 
Daniel M. Duley - Unix developer & sys admin.
mosfet@mandrakesoft.com
mosfet@kde.org
mosfet@jorsm.com

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