Bug 69339 - Editing files .gnome-desktop kills terminal in gnome
Summary: Editing files .gnome-desktop kills terminal in gnome
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: gnome-terminal
Version: limbo
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Havoc Pennington
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Blocks: 67217
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-07-21 18:22 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-08-04 09:22:22 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2002-07-21 18:22:59 UTC 
Description of Problem:
When trying to make changes to the .gnome-desktop directory (when gnome is
running) via a terminal the terminal is exited.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How Reproducible:
everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start gnome
2. run a terminal
3. cd into ~/.gnome-desktop
4. cp file file2

Actual Results:
Terminal exits

Expected Results:
Terminal should not exit, although maybe some warning should be produced.

Additional Information:
Not exactly sure this is a "valid" thing to do, but I was playing.... :)
Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2002-07-22 12:36:35 UTC 
I'm going to have to see this to believe it, I think. ;-)
Comment 2 Need Real Name 2002-08-04 09:22:17 UTC 
This no longer occurs in the limbo beta 2.
Comment 3 Havoc Pennington 2002-08-04 15:46:02 UTC 
I could not reproduce it, so assuming whatever it was is gone.
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