Shotwell, unable to set as desktop slideshow, GLIB errors

[Gijs Peskens]

[ Description & repro ]

shotwell 0.20.1-0ubuntu1 (Utopic release)

To replicate:
-launch shotwell from terminal (to see output)
-import images into shotwell
-drag select images
-file->'Set as Desktop slideshow'
-nothing happens, except terminal output (pasted below)

Expected behaviour:
-window spans asking to select settings

Actual:

Errors spawned on terminal:
gijs@gijs-desktop:~$ shotwell

(shotwell:19613): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_window_set_type_hint: assertion 'GTK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

…

and the window isn't launched.

[ Regression potential ]

I uploaded the new upstream release to get another bug fix. It's a partial fix for gnome bug #738245, to catch and bail out on some rendering failures. I can't think what but maybe this could cause issues if the fix is wrong.

There are also some po updates which aren't relevant for us.

[Gijs Peskens (gijspeskens)]

Upgraded today, included gtk libs and engines, bug persists

[Gijs Peskens (gijspeskens)]

Building the package from source (git) seems to have fixed the problem

[Jim Nelson (yorba-jim)]

I verified the problem. We'll release Shotwell 0.20.2 soon to correct this.

[Jim Nelson (yorba-jim)]

The fix has been release as part of Shotwell 0.20.2.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package shotwell - 0.20.2-0ubuntu1

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shotwell (0.20.2-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * New upstream version, "Set Desktop Slideshow dialog resource now
    included in distribution" (lp: #1380651)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:30:20 +0100

[Iain Lane (laney)]

We should fix this in Utopic too, and I uploaded .2 for that just now.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Gijs, or anyone else affected,

Accepted shotwell into utopic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shotwell/0.20.2-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

that update works fine, setting as verification-done

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package shotwell - 0.20.2-0ubuntu0.14.10.1

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shotwell (0.20.2-0ubuntu0.14.10.1) utopic; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release 0.20.2
    - Fixes issue setting multiple images as a desktop slideshow (LP:
      #1380651)
    - Check for rendering failures in the thumbnailer
 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:07:15 +0000

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for shotwell has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.