deluge produces zombie browser process when launched through about window

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still existing in jaunty.

"ps axf" shows
 5565 ? Sl 1:24 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/deluge
 6930 ? Zs 0:00 \_ [gnome-open] <defunct>

thats after clicking the homepage link in the about dialog and quitting the browser afterwards.

Thanks for your comment. Changing sourcepackage to reflect version in Jaunty.

I cannot reproduce this issue. Deluge closes successfully after I click the link. Do you have a step-by-step procedure which always triggers this problem? Thanks in advance.

the problem is not, that deluge does not close or freezes or something, but it procudes a zombie process (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_process).

1. launch deluge
2. open the about window by selecting help/about in the menu bar of deluge
3. click on the url shown
deluge launches gnome-open which starts the browser.
the problem is, that gnome-open is not reaped, leaving it in the process table as defunct process:
27440 ? Sl 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/deluge
27478 ? Zs 0:00 \_ [gnome-open] <defunct>

(in intrepid the browser was somehow launched directly by deluge without gnome-open iirc, so then it was the browser that was left unreaped).

and... it seems that in jaunty deluge opens the url twice.

Thanks for the clarification. I reproduced the problem, and have reported the issue upstream @ http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/ticket/928 .

As a side note, I have also reported the link opening twice bug @ http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/ticket/929 .

so... the bug is in the python library webbrowser.
i reported it upstream: http://bugs.python.org/issue5993

Hi,

Is this issue resolved yet? I use Ubuntu 10.10 and the same issue exists with the fire fox browser. Sometimes even the browser is closed the python process is still running and never stops. I noticed it using the System monitor.

Btw, I'm new here and not quite a technical guy.