Ubuntu Studio ubiquity 12.10 lost the whole background

[Howard Chan]

Strangely when I open the new daily build 20120905 in Ubuntu Studio, the top bar and the background disappeared. It seems like the whole xfce4 background is missing.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1046206

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

dupe of bug 1046206?
thunar regression?

If you move ubiquity about does the background repaint?

[Howard Chan (smartboyhw)]

Sorry, no. I'm using Virtualbox, and I move ubiquity, the background does NOT repaint. Direct install of course.

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

xnox: As far as I know thunar is not running when install is done from the boot menu. So whatever plymouth leaves is the background on the screen, but there is nothing running to refresh when ubiquity changes the window size. I suppose a command to blank the whole screen to black would be the best thing. If I can figure out where to put it. This is a low priority item for the ubuntustudio team.

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

This is unique to ubuntu studio

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Is your background called any one of these things?

           with open('/proc/cmdline', 'r') as fp:
                for background in (
                    '/usr/share/backgrounds/edubuntu_default.png',
                    '/usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/macinnis_wallpaper.png',
                    '/usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/xubuntu-precise-right.png',
                    '/usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png'):
                    exists = os.access(background, os.R_OK)
                    if (exists and not 'access=v1' in fp.readline()):
                        extras.append(subprocess.Popen(
                            ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/wallpaper', background],
                            stdin=null, stdout=logfile, stderr=logfile,
                            preexec_fn=self.drop_privileges))

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

On Thu, September 6, 2012 3:16 am, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
> Is your background called any one of these things?
>
> with open('/proc/cmdline', 'r') as fp:
> for background in (
> '/usr/share/backgrounds/edubuntu_default.png',
> '/usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/macinnis_wallpaper.png',
> '/usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/xubuntu-precise-right.png',
> '/usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png'):
> exists = os.access(background, os.R_OK)
> if (exists and not 'access=v1' in fp.readline()):
> extras.append(subprocess.Popen(
> ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/wallpaper', background],
> stdin=null, stdout=logfile, stderr=logfile,
> preexec_fn=self.drop_privileges))

No, we have our own BG. However at the point the user is talking about
(install from boot screen) we are not running anything to repaint BGs.
There is just what plymouth left us.

--
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net

[Howard Chan (smartboyhw)]

Well, we can't push anything in for 12.10's images now, closing....