Ubuntu
software-center package

Some app icons appear very large in lists and app screens

Bug #969687 reported by Dylan McCall
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This bug affects 11 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

In some situations, an app icon appears much too large either in a listing or on the app's screen.

Examples:

Search results and app screen
hotssh 0.2.6-2 and hotwire 0.721-2, software-center 5.1.14, Ubuntu 12.04 beta
hotwire 0.721-2, software-center 5.2.2.2, Ubuntu 12.04
1. Install hotwire
2. Restart software-center
3. Search for hotssh and observe the icon both in the search results and in the detail view
The icon in app-install-data, /usr/share/app-install/icons/hotwire-openssh.png, is a proper 64x64 PNG.
But the hotwire package installed adds another hotwire-openssh icon at /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/hotwire-openssh.png 192x192px (bug 969689)
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/99098208/Screenshot%20from%202012-03-30%2015%3A58%3A31.png
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/99098223/Screenshot%20from%202012-03-30%2015%3A58%3A21.png

Search results (from bug 1473457)
OpenShot, GemRB, Lernid, Mangler, Dell Recovery, software-center 13.10-0ubuntu6.1, Ubuntu 15.04
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/211317475/Screenshot%20from%202015-07-10%2010%3A41%3A39.png
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/211319537/bug-animated.gif

"Progress" screen (from bug 1437856)
OpenShot, software-center 13.10-0ubuntu6, Ubuntu 15.04 beta
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/201536844/Xubuntu%20software%20center%20bug.png

Fixing bug 921520 might be one way of fixing this bug.

See original description
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Dylan McCall (dylanmccall) wrote :
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Dylan McCall (dylanmccall) wrote :
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Dylan McCall (dylanmccall) wrote :

The problem with the icon itself is reported in bug #969689.

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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) wrote :

Hi Dylan, and thanks for your bug report. Which Ubuntu version are you using? I have tried to reproduce this using the latest software-center in Precise and I do not see the results you describe. The icon in all cases is correctly sized, even after package install and restart of Software Center.

Thanks for any further info you can provide!

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Dylan McCall (dylanmccall) wrote :

This is using Precise, software-center 5.1.14, hotssh 0.2.6-2 and hotwire 0.721-2.

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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) wrote :

Hi again Dylan. Are you still seeing this issue with latest software-center 5.2 in precise? I still cannot reproduce (the icon for hotssh is correctly sized). Please let us know, and thanks again!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for software-center (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Dylan McCall (dylanmccall) wrote :

Gary, can you confirm that you installed hotwire? I wasn't particularly clear in my bug description. With that package installed, there will be a 192x192 image at /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/hotwire-openssh.png. I'm adding that image as an attachment.

That the image is too big is hotwire's error, but Software Centre should be a lot more careful here. It should enforce a maximum image size and actually scale images if they are above 24px. Right now something weird and crazy is happening.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → New
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Dylan McCall (dylanmccall) wrote :

Oh, by the way I am still able to reproduce this in Ubuntu 12.04 with software-center 5.2.2.2, app-install-data 0.12.04.4 and hotwire 0.721-2.

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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) wrote :

Hi Dylan, thanks! In fact, I had not installed hotwire itself yet. Once I installed it, I can verify this bug. My apologies for the long delay on this one!

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
summary: - Icon for hotssh appears gigantic and is rendered above 1x size
+ Some app icons appear very large in lists and app screens
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Low → Medium
description: updated
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Micha Pfeiffer (germanunkol) wrote :

This bug still happens to me on a freshly installed Ubuntu 15.04.
Using Unity Desktop.

Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)
tags: added: precise trusty vivid
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