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and subject line closing old gnome-shell bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #1012410,
regarding gnome-shell: warnings about needing an allocation
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1012410: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1012410
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Package: gnome-shell
Version: 42.1-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
What led up to the situation? Don't know actually, maybe a system upgrade?
What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?Unsure
What was the outcome of this action? Received these lines in my log files:
Jun 6 10:34:22 DebianTim gnome-shell[4883]: Can't update stage views actor
<unnamed>[<Gjs_ui_boxpointer_BoxPointer>:0x55ef4ff7a1b0] is on because it needs
an allocation.
Jun 6 10:34:22 DebianTim gnome-shell[4883]: Can't update stage views actor
<unnamed>[<StBin>:0x55ef4ff7ba40] is on because it needs an allocation.
Jun 6 10:34:22 DebianTim gnome-shell[4883]: Can't update stage views actor
<unnamed>[<StBoxLayout>:0x55ef50857990] is on because it needs an allocation.
Jun 6 10:34:22 DebianTim gnome-shell[4883]: Can't update stage views actor
<unnamed>[<StBoxLayout>:0x55ef503cfa70] is on because it needs an allocation.
Jun 6 10:34:22 DebianTim gnome-shell[4883]: Can't update stage views actor
<unnamed>[<StBoxLayout>:0x55ef503d0570] is on because it needs an allocation.
Jun 6 10:34:22 DebianTim gnome-shell[4883]: Can't update stage views actor
<unnamed>[<StScrollView>:0x55ef5048d500] is on because it needs an allocation.
Jun 6 10:34:22 DebianTim gnome-shell[4883]: Can't update stage views actor
<unnamed>[<StBoxLayout>:0x55ef508a5380] is on because it needs an allocation.
What outcome did you expect instead? None of these warnings
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.17.0-1-rt-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.40.0-3
ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 22.08.8-1
ii gir1.2-adw-1 1.1.1-1
ii gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.38.0-1
ii gir1.2-atspi-2.0 2.44.1-1
ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.72.0-1+b1
ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.41.0-4
ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 42.0-1
ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.42.8+dfsg-1
ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 42.0-1
ii gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 2.6.0-1
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.72.0-1+b1
ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-3.0 42.0-5
ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 42.1-1
ii gir1.2-graphene-1.0 1.10.8-1
ii gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 1.20.2-1
ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.24.34-1
ii gir1.2-gtk-4.0 4.6.5+ds-1
ii gir1.2-gweather-4.0 4.0.0-2
ii gir1.2-ibus-1.0 1.5.26-4
ii gir1.2-mutter-10 42.2-1
ii gir1.2-nm-1.0 1.38.0-2
ii gir1.2-nma-1.0 1.8.38-1
ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.50.7+ds-1
ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-33
ii gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 2.54.3+dfsg-1
ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.74.2-3
ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.99.18-3
ii gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 2.36.3-1
ii gnome-backgrounds 42.0-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 42.2-1
ii gnome-shell-common 42.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 42.0-1
ii gstreamer1.0-pipewire 0.3.51-1
ii libatk-bridge2.0-0 2.38.0-4
ii libatk1.0-0 2.38.0-1
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libecal-2.0-1 3.44.2-1
ii libedataserver-1.2-26 3.44.2-1
ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.41.0-4
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.8+dfsg-1
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.72.0-1+b1
ii libgjs0g 1.72.0-2
ii libgles2 1.4.0-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.72.1-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.72.1-1
ii libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.4.3-1
ii libgnome-desktop-3-19 42.1-1
ii libgraphene-1.0-0 1.10.8-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.34-1
ii libgtk-4-1 4.6.5+ds-1
ii libical3 3.0.14-1+b1
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.6.6-1
ii libmutter-10-0 42.2-1
ii libnm0 1.38.0-2
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.50.7+ds-1
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.50.7+ds-1
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-33
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-33
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libpulse0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libsecret-1-0 0.20.5-2
ii libsystemd0 250.4-1
ii libwayland-server0 1.20.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.5-1
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-1
ii python3 3.10.4-1+b1
Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii bolt 0.9.2-1
ii chrome-gnome-shell 10.1-5
ii evolution-data-server 3.44.2-1
ii gdm3 42.0-1
ii gkbd-capplet 3.26.1-2
ii gnome-control-center 1:42.2-1
ii gnome-menus 3.36.0-1
ii gnome-user-docs 42.0-1
ii ibus 1.5.26-4
ii iio-sensor-proxy 3.0-2
ii power-profiles-daemon 0.10.1-3
ii switcheroo-control 2.4-3
ii unzip 6.0-26
Versions of packages gnome-shell suggests:
ii gir1.2-malcontent-0 0.10.4-1
pn gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 <none>
pn gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 <none>
ii gnome-shell-extension-prefs 42.1-1
Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii gnome-session-bin 42.0-1
ii gnome-session-common 42.0-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 42.2-1
Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii desktop-base 11.0.3
ii gnome-keyring 42.1-1
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii gnome-settings-daemon-common 42.2-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 42.0-1
ii libasound2 1.2.6.1-2+b1
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-10
ii libcanberra0 0.30-10
ii libcolord2 1.4.6-1
ii libcups2 2.4.2-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.13.1-4.4
ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.41.0-4
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.8+dfsg-1
ii libgeoclue-2-0 2.6.0-1
ii libgeocode-glib0 3.26.2-2
ii libglib2.0-0 2.72.1-1
ii libgnome-desktop-3-19 42.1-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.34-1
ii libgudev-1.0-0 237-2
ii libgweather-4-0 4.0.0-2
ii liblcms2-2 2.12~rc1-2
ii libmm-glib0 1.18.8-1
ii libnm0 1.38.0-2
ii libnotify4 0.7.12-1
ii libnspr4 2:4.34-1
ii libnss3 2:3.79-1
ii libpam-systemd [logind] 250.4-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.50.7+ds-1
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.50.7+ds-1
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-33
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libpulse0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libupower-glib3 0.99.18-3
ii libwacom9 2.2.0-1
ii libwayland-client0 1.20.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.5-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-1
ii libxi6 2:1.8-1
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon recommends:
ii iio-sensor-proxy 3.0-2
ii pulseaudio 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+9
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
pn usbguard <none>
Versions of packages libgjs0g depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.16.0-5
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libffi8 3.4.2-4
ii libgcc-s1 12.1.0-2
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 [libgirepository-1.0-1-with-libffi8] 1.72.0-1+b1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.72.1-1
ii libmozjs-91-0 91.7.0-5
ii libreadline8 8.1.2-1.2
ii libstdc++6 12.1.0-2
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.5-1
Versions of packages gnome-shell is related to:
ii libegl-mesa0 [libegl-vendor] 22.0.4-1
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 22.0.4-1
ii libglx-mesa0 [libglx-vendor] 22.0.4-1
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--- Begin Message ---
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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