xsplash

xsplash doesn't timeout to reveal the user session

Bug #412455 reported by David Barth
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xsplash
Fix Released
High
Cody Russell
gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Karmic
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Karmic
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
xsplash (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Cody Russell
Ubuntu karmic-alpha-4
Karmic
Fix Released
High
Cody Russell
Ubuntu karmic-alpha-4

Bug Description

If something goes wrong while opening the user session, xsplash should timeout so that it reveals the desktop even if it does not receive the 2 signals it is waiting for.

David Barth (dbarth)
affects: ubuntu → xsplash (Ubuntu)
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
Changed in xsplash:
assignee: nobody → Cody Russell (bratsche)
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in xsplash (Ubuntu Karmic):
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → karmic-alpha-4
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
Changed in xsplash:
importance: Undecided → High
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in xsplash (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: nobody → Cody Russell (bratsche)
Cody Russell (bratsche)
Changed in xsplash:
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) wrote :

Fixed in 0.4, packaging updated in lp:~xsplash-team/xsplash/ubuntu

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xsplash - 0.4-0ubuntu1

---------------
xsplash (0.4-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New version
    - Fallback to a timer if the signals aren't received (LP: #412455)

 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:27:18 -0400

Changed in xsplash (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: New → Fix Released
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
Changed in xsplash:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

I understand (as mentioned in the duplicate bug #412555) that the flipside of this bug is that the timeout is never supposed to be reached because something is supposed to signal xsplash that the desktop is set up, and this isn't currently happening. Opening a task on gnome-session, which seems to be the most probable package to do this.

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop)
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → karmic-alpha-5
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Cody, what exact signal needs to be sent to xsplash? D-Bus/SIGUSR1/etc? Do you have an example (dbus-send/kill/etc.) which triggers the xsplash shutdown? Thanks!

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
Martin Pitt (pitti)
summary: - xsplash doesn't timeout to reveal the user session
+ shut down xsplash when session is ready
Revision history for this message
Cody Russell (bratsche) wrote : Re: shut down xsplash when session is ready

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.ubuntu.BootCurtain /com/ubuntu/BootCurtain com.ubuntu.BootCurtain.SignalLoaded string:nautilus

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.ubuntu.BootCurtain /com/ubuntu/BootCurtain com.ubuntu.BootCurtain.SignalLoaded string:gnome-panel

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This was discussed on
  http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-August/msg00064.html

It seems we don't currently have a way to do this signalling from gnome-session, so we need to patch gnome-panel and nautilus for now. Eventually gnome-session should grow that feature, of course.

affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu Karmic) → gnome-panel (Ubuntu Karmic)
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
status: New → Triaged
milestone: none → karmic-alpha-5
importance: Undecided → Medium
Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3)
Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
Revision history for this message
Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

I am confused about what this bug is about. It was originally reported as adding a method for xsplash to uncurtain if gnome-panel/nautilus take too long to load. This needs to be implemented in xsplash.
It seems to be changed to "the session is not sending the loaded signals". These signals were implemented in the sprint and work afaik.
What is required here?

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Robert says that gnome-panel and nautilus already send those d-bus signals.

Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) → nobody
milestone: karmic-alpha-5 → none
status: Triaged → Fix Released
summary: - shut down xsplash when session is ready
+ xsplash doesn't timeout to reveal the user session
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) → nobody
milestone: karmic-alpha-5 → none
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: [Bug 412455] Re: shut down xsplash when session is ready

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:51:40PM -0000, Robert Ancell wrote:
> I am confused about what this bug is about. It was originally reported as adding a method for xsplash to uncurtain if gnome-panel/nautilus take too long to load. This needs to be implemented in xsplash.
> It seems to be changed to "the session is not sending the loaded signals". These signals were implemented in the sprint and work afaik.
> What is required here?

Bug 412555 (which was "the session is not sending the loaded signals" on
UNR) was marked as a duplicate of this one. If this bug is about something
else, please undupe that one and make sure that it has been looked after.

--
 - mdz

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