VNC + local X session causes problem with GNOME panel applets

[Mark Mielke]

Can anybody else reproduce this?

If I create a VNC session that is running GNOME, and then login to a local
X session, the GNOME panel applets all (or most) refuse to come up in the
local X session (and vice versa, if started in reverse).

This is a common scenario for me: Have a permanent Xvnc session
running to access my work machine from home. When at work, login
locally. I don't want/need to share the same desktop session. I only
need for both sessions to operate independently, and not collide with
other for resources (CORBA problems?).

Any suggestions?

I've almost gone so far as to create a second user with a different HOME
directory, just to start the VNC session from... (ugly, and impractical for
numerous reasons...)

mark

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