Re: GWorkspace ApplicationTerminated issue

Hi Riccardo,

On 2026-04-20 14:43:38 +0200 Riccardo Mottola 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Patrick
> 
> In the meanwhile I found an issue which was related to mount points 
> and 
> internal linux functions. It was fixed in gui NSWorkspace class, 
> please 
> update libs-gui and see if it helps you.
> What could happen is that if the linux kernel for some reason (maybe 
> even 
> bug, unsure) lost track of /etc/mtab, checking it could lead to an 
> crash 
> (system function should return failure instead) a crash in GWorkspace 
> could 
> then cause a crash in your session.
> Extra checking for it now, helped. Of course, this was too hard to 
> reproduce, 
> depending on the kernel status, but the fix is sound and can do no 
> harm.
> 
> If you like to test and see....
> 
> 
(...)
> 
> I too tried after your suggestion to disable Desktop and found no 
> issues, but 
> of course, since sometimes it took me a fortnight to reproduce the 
> issue, 
> absence of aproblem is not a proof.
> It could be worth investigating further.
> 
> Riccardo
> 

I built again gnustep and GWorkspace.
I will test a few weeks and let you know.

Cheers,
Patrick

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