[Bug 798842] [NEW] logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel I'll be attaching a screenshot showing the problem. The menu that is on the far right-hand side of the gnome-panel at the top of the screen that includes the "logout" and "lock workstation" functionality becomes unavailable or obscured. The empathy chat (and "broadcast accounts") integration applet/menu gets double-rendered. About half way through the standard rendering of the "first" or default section of this applet, the "corruption" of gnome-panel occurs. The "corrupted" section doesn't "refresh" or re-render or respond to mouse clicks. Thus, I can't use the GUI menu there to lock my workstation, log out, or shut down the workstation. I'd love to provide further information (besides a screenshot showing the problem) except that I've waited/lived with this bug for over six months, always trying to see if I could reliably reproduce the problem. However, it has simply been far to random and I've decided to report it anyway. This problem existed on my previous lucid (10.04) install as well. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 17 10:50:14 2011 GConfNonDefault: /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[fast_user_switch_screen0,trashapplet_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,window_list_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,indicator_applet_screen0,notification_area_screen0,clock_screen0] /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[menu_bar_screen0,object_6,object_1,object_4,object_8,object_9,object_2,object_3,object_7,object_13,object_0] /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-panel ** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798842 Title: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798842/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 798842] Re: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu
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[Bug 798842] Re: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu
** Attachment added: "screenshot of the problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798842/+attachment/2173138/+files/Screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798842 Title: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798842/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 798842] Re: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu
** Attachment added: "screenshot of how the gnome-panel should look" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798842/+attachment/2173163/+files/Screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798842 Title: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798842/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 798842] Re: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu
Well, I can't seem to figure out how to reproduce this bug except that it *seems* to generally just be the state of affairs in "non-fresh" sessions. This is as opposed to "fresh" sessions which are ones started by logging in just after I've rebooted or otherwise just powered up the system. Generally, "fresh" sessions don't seem to exhibit the problem while "non-fresh" sessions do about %25 of the time. Now, while this bug is annoying, I understand that it's not the highest priority (a HUP signal sent to gnome-panel seems to always fix it). For anyone else who finds this annoying, however, here's my temporary "work- around": user@host:~$ mkdir -p ~/bin user@host:~$ cat < ~/bin/reset-panel > #!/bin/sh > ps -C gnome-panel -o pid h | xargs kill -HUP > EOF user@host:~$ chmod a+x ~/bin/reset-panel user@host:~$ echo $PATH | tr : \\n | grep ~/bin user@host:~$ reset-panel This just creates a shell script in your own, personal bin directory with one-liner shell script that sens the SIGHUP signal to the gnome- panel process. The second-to-the-last line just verifies that your personal bin directory is in your $PATH variable by printing it if it is (and doing nothing otherwise). The last line just runs it. If it works, any gnome-panels will briefly disappear (your screen will "flash") and it should immediately come back w/o this weird artifact. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798842 Title: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798842/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 798842] Re: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu
After further observation, I realize that the problem is specifically with the "Indicator Applet Session" applet running w/in the primary gnome-panel. ** Package changed: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) => indicator-session (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798842 Title: logout user menu obscured by empathy (chat) menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/798842/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
