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webbrowser-app package

[desktop] Crashes on startup in xenial: module "Ubuntu.Thumbnailer" is not installed

Bug #1531179 reported by Michael Terry on 2016-01-05

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Canonical System Image	Fix Released	High	Bill Filler	Canonical System Image ww02-2016 "ota9"
	webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Critical	Michael Sheldon

Bug Description

$ webbrowser-app

(webbrowser-app:19925): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/1001/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.

(webbrowser-app:19925): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/1001/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.
"file:///usr/share/webbrowser-app/webbrowser/webbrowser-app.qml:41 Type Browser unavailable\nfile:///usr/share/webbrowser-app/webbrowser/Browser.qml:936 Type DownloadsPage unavailable\nfile:///usr/share/webbrowser-app/webbrowser/DownloadsPage.qml:23 module \"Ubuntu.Thumbnailer\" is not installed\n"

Related branches

lp://staging/~michael-sheldon/webbrowser-app/fix-1531179

Merged into lp://staging/webbrowser-app at revision 1325

Olivier Tilloy: Approve on 2016-01-11

PS Jenkins bot: Needs Fixing (continuous-integration) on 2016-01-07

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote on 2016-01-05:

Looks like it's just a missing dep on qml-module-ubuntu-thumbnailer0.1

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2016-01-05:

webbrowser-app is in main, and qml-module-ubuntu-thumbnailer0.1 is in universe, so we can’t depend on it.

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Critical
assignee:	nobody → Michael Sheldon (michael-sheldon)

Olivier Tilloy (osomon) on 2016-01-05

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

Bill Filler (bfiller) on 2016-01-05

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
milestone:	none → ww02-2016
assignee:	nobody → Bill Filler (bfiller)
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → In Progress

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2016-01-05:

It’s not just Ubuntu.Thumbnailer, it’s also the import of Ubuntu.Content in DownloadsPage.qml. That one needs to be made conditional too.

When I start webbrowser-app on a fresh xenial desktop install, I’m getting the following error messages:

    file:///usr/share/webbrowser-app/webbrowser/webbrowser-app.qml:41 Type Browser unavailable
    file:///usr/share/webbrowser-app/webbrowser/Browser.qml:930 Type DownloadsPage unavailable
    file:///usr/share/webbrowser-app/webbrowser/DownloadsPage.qml:23 module "Ubuntu.Thumbnailer" is not installed
    file:///usr/share/webbrowser-app/webbrowser/DownloadsPage.qml:24 module "Ubuntu.Content" is not installed

The branch linked to that bug fixes only half of the problem.

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WindTux (windtux) wrote on 2016-01-06:

webbrowser-app-error.png Edit (82.0 KiB, image/png)

I am also affected by the error and I attached the error I get when I try to run for terminal

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) on 2016-01-13

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-01-13:

This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app - 0.23+16.04.20160112.1-0ubuntu1

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webbrowser-app (0.23+16.04.20160112.1-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

[ CI Train Bot ]
* Resync trunk. added: po/et.po

  [ Michael Sheldon ]
  * Dynamically load the thumbnailer image provider if it's available,
    otherwise fallback to mimetype images (LP: #1531179)

  [ Olivier Tilloy ]
  * Address a number of minor functional and code issues in the new
    downloads-in-browser functionality. (LP: #1528651)
  * Restore active focus on the webview after closing the context menu.
    (LP: #1526884)

-- Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:44:22 +0000