--- src/gdm-queue.c.startx	2007-02-22 18:28:42.000000000 -0500
+++ src/gdm-queue.c	2007-03-28 16:24:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -190,6 +190,34 @@
   gdm_socket_status = GDM_SOCKET_CLOSED;
 }
 
+gboolean
+gdm_is_running (void)
+{ 
+  struct sockaddr_un addr;
+  struct stat file_stat;
+  int fd;
+  
+  fd = socket (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+  if (stat (GDM_NEW_SOCKET_FILENAME, &file_stat) == 0)
+    strcpy (addr.sun_path, GDM_NEW_SOCKET_FILENAME);
+  if (stat (GDM_OLD_SOCKET_FILENAME, &file_stat) == 0)
+    strcpy (addr.sun_path, GDM_OLD_SOCKET_FILENAME);
+  else
+    return FALSE;
+
+  addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+
+  if (connect (fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof (addr)) < 0) {
+    VE_IGNORE_EINTR (close (fd));
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  VE_IGNORE_EINTR (close (fd));
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+         
 /* This is the function which gets called repeatedly while we're idle
  * to remove messages from the queue and send them to GDM.
  */
--- src/applet.c.startx	2007-03-28 16:24:34.000000000 -0400
+++ src/applet.c	2007-03-28 16:24:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "fusa-manager.h"
 #include "fusa-user-menu-item.h"
 #include "fusa-utils.h"
+#include "gdm-queue.h"
 
 
 /* **************** *
@@ -296,6 +297,9 @@
   if (strcmp (iid, "OAFIID:GNOME_FastUserSwitchApplet") != 0)
     return FALSE;
 
+  if (!gdm_is_running ())
+    return TRUE;
+
   /* Global FusaManager */
   if (!first_time)
     {
@@ -325,6 +329,7 @@
       gtk_window_set_default_icon_name ("stock_people");
     }
 
+  
   adata = g_new0 (FusaAppletData, 1);
   adata->applet = applet;
 
--- src/gdm-queue.h.startx	2007-02-02 18:17:07.000000000 -0500
+++ src/gdm-queue.h	2007-03-28 16:24:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
 /* This just gets a cookie of MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 type */
 gchar *get_mit_magic_cookie (GdkScreen *screen, gboolean binary);
 
+gboolean gdm_is_running (void);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* !__GDM_QUEUE_H__ */