Ubuntu
unity8-desktop-session package

Most scopes are missing (no Apps scope etc)

Bug #1579551 reported by Guillaume F
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Canonical System Image 13 "OTA13"
unity8 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned
unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Stephen M. Webb

Bug Description

Hi,

I have installed Unity8 on my 16.04 laptop, not a fresh install.

The session starts fine and the scopes window shows, but it's empty. Using the bottom edge button I can see that most scopes are not installed, including the App scope (but also Today, Nearby, Ubuntu Store, etc). There are about 10 scopes installed, things like Amazon or Wikipedia, and those do work.

There are a few apps in the launcher, but I'm also affected by bug #1535058, meaning I can't launch anything.

Let me know what kind of info I can provide and where to find it!

See original description

Related branches

lp://staging/~bregma/unity8-desktop-session/lp-1591366
Christopher Townsend (community): Approve
Michał Sawicz: Needs Information
Daniel van Vugt: Needs Fixing
Diff: 55 lines (+13/-10)
1 file modified
debian/control (+13/-10)
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Sounds similar, but also different to bug 1577639 that I logged recently.

Changed in unity8 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

They are simply not installed - you can get the Apps scope by installing unity-scope-click, the rest you should then be able to install from the store, provided they are built for your architecture.

Note we're actively working on fixing bug #1396611.

Changed in unity8 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Opinion
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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

That said, we should probably seed unity-scope-click with the desktop session.

Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
status: Opinion → Triaged
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Guillaume F (marsguo) wrote :

I don't know why unity-scope-click got uninstalled, I'm pretty sure I had it at some point (I remember wondering what it was)… Maybe during the 16.04 update?

Anyway it was indeed the problem! I'll give Unity8 another go when I'm able to launch apps!

description: updated
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - Most scopes are missing
+ Most scopes are missing (no Apps scope etc)
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Stephen M. Webb (bregma)
status: Triaged → In Progress
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kevin gunn (kgunn72) wrote :

this may or may not be useful info for debug, just sharing.
I've been helping someone get setup.
I helped them install the unity-scope-click, which took care of the problem.
however, while debugging another issue we discovered they had an odd version of ubuntu-app-launch (likely from an old silo), upon installing the correct version of ubuntu-app-launch the apps-scope went missing and required reinstalling unity-scope-click again.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Fabio just admitted he's using ubuntu-app-launch and /separately/ has also reported that his unity-scope-click is invisible (but installed) -> bug 1603186

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → 13
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity8-desktop-session - 1.0.13+16.10.20160726.1-0ubuntu1

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unity8-desktop-session (1.0.13+16.10.20160726.1-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  [ Chris Townsend ]
  * Reduce the priority of the Unity 8 session so it is will not appear
    as the default in Ubuntu 16.10. (LP: #1603102)

  [ Stephen M. Webb ]
  * load /etc/profile.d in Unity 8 desktop session (LP: #1590439,
    #1606246)
  * recommend additional packages to be co-installed with the Unity 8
    Desktop Session (LP: #1579551, #1591366, #1591394)

 -- <email address hidden> (Stephen M. Webb) Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:32:01 +0000

Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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