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indicator-appmenu package

[regression] HUD - No results from Indicator Menus

Bug #1072052 reported by Amr Ibrahim on 2012-10-27

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This bug affects 64 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Unity	Triaged	Low	Unassigned	Unity 7.4.0
hud (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned
Xenial	Triaged	Low	Unassigned
indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned
Xenial	Triaged	Low	Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned
Xenial	Triaged	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

HUD doesn't show results from the messaging menu. See screencast.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sat Oct 27 13:47:09 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-22 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote on 2012-10-27:

HUD doesn't work with Messeging Menu.ogv Edit (1.2 MiB, video/ogg)
Dependencies.txt Edit (23.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (39.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (308 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-10-28:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol) on 2012-10-28

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed
Changed in indicator-messages:
status:	New → Confirmed

Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol) on 2012-10-28

Changed in indicator-messages (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Lars Karlitski (larsu) on 2012-10-28

affects:	indicator-messages → indicator-appmenu
affects:	indicator-messages (Ubuntu) → indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu)
no longer affects:	unity
no longer affects:	unity (Ubuntu)
Changed in indicator-appmenu:
importance:	Undecided → Medium
assignee:	nobody → Lars Uebernickel (larsu)
status:	Confirmed → Invalid
status:	Invalid → Triaged

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Lars Karlitski (larsu) wrote on 2012-10-28:

`killall hud-service` makes it work for me for some time. I haven't yet figured out what triggers it to not be working anymore.

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote on 2012-10-28:

Confirming that 'killall hud-service' makes it work. BTW, HUD shows results normally from the messaging menu right after login.

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Lars Karlitski (larsu) wrote on 2012-10-29:

The problem seems to be that libindicator owns the well-known bus name before indicator-messages exports its menus on the bus. hud-service tries to get the menus as soon as the name appears, but they aren't available at that time. Other indicators are also affected by this.

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Lars Karlitski (larsu) wrote on 2012-11-01:

This wouldn't happen if unity wouldn't start hud-service on login. That's probably a small change that can be SRU'ed.

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in unity:
milestone:	none → 6.12.0

Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) on 2012-11-07

Changed in unity:
milestone:	6.12.0 → 7.0.0

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Danilo Penna Queiroz (daniloqueiroz) wrote on 2012-11-18:

If I run 'killall hud-service' it sttarts work, but if I receive a message on Empathy I cannot open the message by typing the name of the sender (it used to work on 12.04). If I kill hud-service after receive the message I can open the incomming message by typing the user name.

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote on 2012-11-20:

No results from Onboard either, but 'killall hud-service' fixes it.

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Danilo Penna Queiroz (daniloqueiroz) wrote on 2013-04-04:

Is there any update on this?

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 beta and it's still not fixed.

Stephen M. Webb (bregma) on 2013-04-04

Changed in unity:
milestone:	7.0.0 → 7.0.1

Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) on 2013-04-17

tags:

added: raring

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote on 2013-10-21:

#10

What is the status of this bug?

In Ubuntu 13.10, HUD doesn't show any results from all indicators. Has this functionality been removed?

tags:

added: saucy

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2013-10-21

Changed in indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Lars Karlitski (larsu) on 2014-03-12

Changed in indicator-appmenu:
assignee:	Lars Uebernickel (larsu) → nobody

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2014-07-23

Changed in unity:
milestone:	7.0.1 → 7.3.1

Stephen M. Webb (bregma) on 2015-02-11

Changed in unity:
milestone:	7.3.1 → 7.3.2

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TomasHnyk (sup) wrote on 2015-02-21:

#11

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hud/+bug/1165420 seems to be related, no?

Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) on 2015-02-21

summary:

- [regression] HUD - No results from Messaging Menu
+ [regression] HUD - No results from Indicator Menus

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-02-21:

#12

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in hud (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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TomasHnyk (sup) wrote on 2015-02-21:

#13

I do not think bug 1165420 is really a duplicate. It started only in 13.04, not in 12.10 like this one, this one seems to be about a race condition, that one is , to quote sabdfl:

"Feedback from engineers is that this is a regression caused by changes in Gtk, not a desired or planned outcome. It's on the list now, patches welcome if someone here wants to dig in."

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Franko Burolo (fburolo) wrote on 2015-02-21:

#14

I agree, the 2 are not related. In 12.10 the indicator menus were generally working, with occasional hiccups caused by race conditions, mostly (if not only) related to the messaging menu. Since 13.04, it just doesn't work at all. So basically, bug 1165420 is making this one invalid, as we first have to figure out that one, so we can fix this one, if it will still be a bug.
Unduplicate, please!

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote on 2015-02-21:

#15

Mmmm, but both have the same symptoms! And also all the indicators stopped working starting from 12.10 but not so many people were affected.

Maybe separate them for now until a developer looks into them.

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Franko Burolo (fburolo) wrote on 2015-02-21:

#16

Hm... Indeed, the bug description is pretty much what happens in this bug's descrioption. But the discussion going on was all about indicator not working in general, which is basically why I am subscribed to that bug. There is even an intervetion from Mark Shuttleworth. :-D

So, in the end, I don't know... Maybe as you said is the best, keep them separate for now, and let the devs decide.

Stephen M. Webb (bregma) on 2015-03-19

Changed in unity:
milestone:	7.3.2 → 7.3.3

Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) on 2015-05-23

tags:

added: trusty wily

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2015-05-24

Changed in hud (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2015-06-03

tags:

added: vivid

Will Cooke (willcooke) on 2015-08-26

tags:

added: rls-w-incoming

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2015-10-14

Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Low
Changed in hud (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → Low
no longer affects:	indicator-appmenu
Changed in indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → Low

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2015-10-26

Changed in unity:
milestone:	7.3.3 → 7.4.0

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2015-10-30

tags:

added: rls-x-incoming
removed: rls-w-incoming

Will Cooke (willcooke) on 2015-11-23

tags:

removed: rls-x-incoming

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2015-12-09

tags:

added: unity-backlog

Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) on 2015-12-10

tags:

added: xenial

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