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unity-2d package

unity-2d-panel crashes on startup on Oneiric Beta (with or without updates)

Bug #839585 reported by nutznboltz
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Bug Description

1. Build qemu-kvm in 32-bit mode (x86) virtual machine
2. install from ubuntu-11.10-beta1-desktop-i386.iso
3. reboot from hard disk, unity panel with no icons visible will flash on and off a few times then stop trying.
4. apply updates
5. reboot from hard disk, unity panel with no icons visible will flash on and off a few times then stop trying.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Release: 11.10

$ apt-cache policy unity-2d-panel
unity-2d-panel:
  Installed: 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.4.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity-2d-panel 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Sep 2 09:41:48 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity-2d
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The unity-2d-panel worked on Oneiric Alpha releases. This is a regression.

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

On KVM/Qemu host the command line running the VM guest is:

qemu -M pc -hda /home/nutz/vol/oneric -soundhw sb16 -m 1024 -net nic,vlan=0 -net user,vlan=0,hostname=emu -monitor pty -boot c

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

libvirt is not being used.

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Updated again, still same issue. Attached list of updated packages that didn't help.

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Alberto Mardegan (mardy) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug. Do you happen to have the stack trace of the crash available?
I suspect that this bug is a duplicate of bug 805587, and closely related to 759803. Is if possible for you to change the bit depth of the display, and trying for instance 16 or 32 (not 24)?
Or can you try to use the vga or vmvga video cards?

Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Florian Boucault (fboucault)
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Critical
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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I will test when I get home. I am loath to spend time at work on this.

There was no Apport crash dialog, I'm not sure if that is a local configuration issue or not.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport

Possibly related bugs in Launchpad auto-hyperlink format:
LP #759803
LP #805587

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

LP: #759803
LP: #805587

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I updated my system again and unity-2d-panel no longer crashes instantly on startup.

It now crashes while running and gets restarted to run some more. Probably a completely different bug.

Apport crash dialog is also working too now.

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I clicked on Apport to open a new bug report
LP: #843432

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Florian Boucault (fboucault) wrote :

Thanks for the feedback. Closing this one :)

Changed in unity-2d:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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