launchd question

[Christopher Hunt]

Hi Axel,

I haven't yet tried the steps that you outlined - but I'm sold with  
your convincing reproduction of what I've been seeing.

Let me answer a few specifics:

On 03/03/2007, at 10:41 PM, Axel Luttgens wrote:

> I would agree with you, Christopher: whether the Finder is present  
> or not shouldn't have any impact in this case.
Great.

> On the other hand, according to your various emails, it seems you  
> are encountering problems even within a Finder environment (but I  
> may be wrong: I sometimes felt lost).
Many apologies for the confusion. The source of the confusion I feel  
has to do with fast user switching. Now that I think about it, the  
user that worked just fine was the first user I logged in with (this  
user had the Finder launched). The user I switched to from the first  
user demonstrated the problem (this user had no Finder). I'll bet  
that if I had of completely logged out, logged in to the second user,  
have the job unload and then log out/log back in (effectively all  
that you've done) then all would have been well for that second user  
i.e. nothing to do with the presence of the Finder.

>
> So, it would be nice to compare what's happening on your box  
> against another one.
> (let's first start with very basic facts...)
>
> Could you try the following, and tell us whether you observe  
> dissimilar behaviors?
I can give it a go on Monday when I'm back in the office, but I'm  
sure you've nailed it.

In a nutshell, "don't use LaunchAgents with Tiger unless you stay  
logged in" seems to be holding up.

Cheers,
-C