"Clock" has quit unexpectedly

[Steve]

---- Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote: 
> L wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Steve <zephod at cfl.rr.com 
> > <mailto:zephod at cfl.rr.com>> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >     ---- L <yuanlux at gmail.com <mailto:yuanlux at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:24 PM, L <yuanlux at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:yuanlux at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      > > Whenever I click on gnome clock icon
> >     (/usr/libexec/clock-applet), I always got this error
> >      > >
> >      > >
> >      > > "Clock" has quit unexpectedly
> >      > > If you reload a panel object, it will automatically be added
> >     back to the panel.
> >      > >
> >      > > Do not reload/Reload
> > 
> >     Huh! I can repeat this problem on my system:

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> Did this happen after a "Switch User"?
> 
> I have seen where the panel applications died for gnome users after 
> running switch user.  On F7, I deleted all the files and directories in 
> the /tmp directory for the user affected and then panel applets started 
> working again.  It still happens and I have yet to install F10 on this 
> machine.

No, I never use Switch User.

Steve