Mail Applet 0.4.1 not checking for new mail

Thanks for your bug report. I can't reproduce it here. First, please make sure all awn related packages are updated. Then log out from your session and login again.

Does the problem then still exist? If yes: Is this only about the notification, or about the applet's icon that doesn't change and the list with new mails?

The applet's icon doesn't change and there are no new messages shown in the list when I left click the tray icon. However, clicking the Refresh button pulls in new messages as expected.

I have removed AWN, rebooted, then reinstalled it from the awn-testing PPA. Here is a list of the packages I have installed (please excuse any formatting issues, I've just done a copy and paste):

ben-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep avant
ii avant-window-navigator-data-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 Common files for avant-window-navigator
ii avant-window-navigator-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 A MacOS X like panel for GNOME
ii awn-applets-c-core-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-applets-c-extras-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-applets-common-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator - debug symbols
ii awn-applets-python-core-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-applets-python-extras-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-settings-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 A preferences manager for avant-window-navigator
rc libawn1 0.4.0-2ubuntu1 library for avant-window-navigator
ii libawn1-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 library for avant-window-navigator
ii python-awn-extras-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 Python functions used by avant-window-navigator's applets
ii python-awn-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 Python bindings for avant-window-navigator library

Seems o.k. If you start it from command line (avant-window-navigator), are there any error messages? And do I understand right, the applet logs in to your Gmail account? You don't have to type your username and password?

I do get an error message, yes:

  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/awn/extras/awnlib.py", line 1066, in __init__
    raise KeyringError("No default keyring set")
awn.extras.awnlib.KeyringError: No default keyring set

When I first start AWN, the mail applet doesn't automatically login. It asks for my username/password and then uses those details whenever I lift-click -> Open Webmail. Each time I restart AWN, however, I have to enter my login credentials again. All of this was not the case before yesterday. Mail Applet remembered these details and would log in automatically after a restart.

EDIT: Sorry, I made a mistake in the comment above. I meant to say that Mail Applet uses my login credentials during a Left Click -> Refresh.

Thanks, I see the problem. It will work as usual if you start seahorse (seems like it's not in Maverick's menu, start it from terminal), select any keyring (probably you have only "login"), right click on it and set it as default. Mail applet will remember credentials if you enter them after that.

Yes, that's fixed it. Thank you very much :-)

Fix committed in rev. 1505.